For companies that bid

We alert you to public tenders in your line of business

SK Latam follows public tenders across Latin America. When a purchase fits your line of business, we write to you with a page: who is buying, what they are buying, what the tender document asks for (with the page where it says so) and when it closes. You decide whether to bid.

It is for integrators, distributors and contractors that submit bids to public buyers. Today we mostly follow tenders for solar energy and batteries, pumping and water, and electricity metering.

How it works

  1. We follow the public procurement portals of the region (for example PanamaCompra, SICOP in Costa Rica and PNCP in Brazil).
  2. If a tender fits your line of business, we email you the page.
  3. You decide: you bid, or you ask us not to write to you again. One email is enough.

What the page contains

  • Who is buying and what they are buying, with the portal and the process number.
  • The main requirements of the tender document, with the page of the document where each one is.
  • The closing date and the day we saw it on the portal.
  • If we did not read the tender document, the page says so and does not invent requirements.

A real example

This is a real page, with data from 18 October 2026. We removed the name of the company it was sent to. In the email the page is short text; here we show it laid out.

Example page

TenderStand-alone solar kits for homes in 11 communities of Chimán, Panama
BuyerConsejo Nacional para el Desarrollo Sostenible (CONADES), Ministry of the Presidency
Portal and numberPanamaCompra · 2026-0-03-04-08-LP-000055
What is being bought275 stand-alone solar kits, with refrigerator, fan and lamps, installed (pp. 16-17).
What the tender document asks for
  • Prior experience: a contract for household solar kits worth at least the reference amount and at least 3,000 solar installations in rural homes in Panama; it cannot be corrected after the bid is submitted (pp. 43-44).
  • A physical sample of the equipment, which also cannot be corrected, by 30 October at 4 p.m. (p. 56).
Closing17 November 2026, 9:00 a.m. (Panama time), as shown on the portal on 18 October 2026. Always confirm it on the portal.
Reference amountB/. 938,598.65 (according to the tender document).

What we do not do

  • We do not bid and we do not sell equipment: we only alert you.
  • We do not replace the tender document. The closing date and the requirements must always be confirmed on the buyer's portal.
  • We do not promise that you will win or that the tender suits you.
  • We do not charge for the alerts today.

I want to receive alerts for my line of business

Write to rperus@sklatam.org with your line of business and your country. The button opens an email with the subject already written: replace <line of business> and <country> with yours.

We use your email only to send you alerts. If you stop wanting them, say so and we will not write to you again. Coverage depends on each country and each line of business; if yours is not covered yet, we will tell you.

Do you make or distribute equipment?

Many tenders ask for equipment made by a third party. If you are a manufacturer, see how we work with manufacturers.

For manufacturers