General Procurement Notice for Acquisition of Goods and the Contracting of Works, Related Services, and Consulting Services for Program for Strengthening Economic Statistics. GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE Publication Date: April 10, 2026 Publication Number: IDB-ESL1179-GPN Institution: Inter-American Development Bank. Country: El Salvador. Project: Program for Strengthening Economic Statistics. Operation or Grant Number: ES-L1179 Loan Agreement No.: N/A Sector: State Reform / Modernization. Summary: The main goods, services, and works to be acquired are: consulting and non-consulting services for the execution of the Economic Cartography and Economic Census operations; these include the engagement of individuals (contractors) for various tasks such as cartography, data collection, and transportation services, among others. This also includes the acquisition of equipment and technology services. The Government of the Republic of El Salvador, through the Central Reserve Bank (BCR), has requested financing in an amount equivalent to up to US$50,000,000 (Fifty million United States dollars) from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and intends to use these funds to make payments for the acquisition of goods and the contracting of works, related services, and consulting services within the framework of the Program for Strengthening Economic Statistics. The project comprises the following components: Component 1: Support for the generation of ROCA-quality statistics: this component will finance, among other things: (i) pre-census activities (cartographic updating, questionnaire design, pilot census, data capture technology, and a public communication and awareness campaign); (ii) enumeration (recruitment and training of field personnel, security protocols, and the deployment and organization of materials and staff); and (iii) post-census stage (data processing, development of the master sample frame, census documentation, evaluation of coverage and quality of census information, and supplementing and validating data using information from administrative records generated by the BCR itself and other institutions). Component 2: Technical and Statistical Management Strengthening of the Central Bank of Reserve of El Salvador (BCR): this component will finance, among other things: (i) methodological and technological development for data capture, processing, and operational control; (ii) dissemination of information regarding the utility of economic statistics, making them easily accessible to stakeholders in the public and private sectors, as well as society in general (e.g., user workshops); (iii) training and technical assistance for institutions within the National Statistical System regarding the utilization of census data and administrative records for statistical purposes; (iv) acquisition of technological equipment and services; (v) consolidation of the system of economic surveys; and (vi) updating of the SNA base year. Tendering for contracts financed by the Inter-American Development Bank will be conducted in accordance with the procedures set forth in the *Policies for the Procurement of Goods and Works Financed by the Inter-American Development Bank*; all bidders from eligible countriesas specified in said policiesare eligible to participate. Consulting services will be selected in accordance with the *Policies for the Selection and Contracting of Consultants Financed by the IDB*. Specific procurement notices regarding competitive processes for goods, works, and consulting services will be published on the Inter-American Development Banks website as they become available. Additional announcements will be published at https://www.comprasal.gob.sv and on the Central Bank of Reserves website. Eligible bidders and consultants interested in receiving an invitation to prequalification/bidding in accordance with LPI procedures, consultants wishing to receive a copy of the invitation to submit expressions of interest for consulting contracts, or those interested in obtaining further information, should address their inquiries to the following address: Address: Alameda Juan Pablo II, between 15th and 17th Ave. North, P.O. Box 106, San Salvador, El Salvador. Executing Agency: Central Reserve Bank Attn: Douglas Rodríguez, President. Telephone: 2281-8000 Email:
[email protected] Website: https://www.bcr.gob.sv/ [Disclaimer: The above text is machine translated. For accurate information kindly refer the original document.] Tender Link : https://idbdocs.iadb.org/wsdocs/getdocument.aspx?docnum=EZIDB000748-302891527-34
