Detecting outbreaks, and the difference between reporting and surveillance
Surveillance systems are procured to detect something before it is obvious, which makes timeliness and completeness the measures that matter rather than volume of data. Specifications set case definitions, reporting units and frequency, the maximum interval between an event and its appearance in the system, and the proportion of reporting sites expected to report in each period including those with nothing to report. A system that receives reports from the diligent half of the network is not a surveillance system, and zero reporting is a requirement rather than an absence.
Interoperability with laboratory and clinical systems is what turns reports into intelligence. Buyers specify recognised coding for conditions and organisms, linkage between a notification and its laboratory confirmation, and increasingly integration of genomic sequence data with epidemiological records. Where systems must interoperate across borders or with international reporting obligations, the data standards and the notification timescales are set externally and are not negotiable in the contract.
The requirements that decide whether a system is used are practical. Reporting has to work from facilities with intermittent power and connectivity, which means offline capability and synchronisation rather than a browser; data entry has to be quick for staff who are treating patients; and feedback has to flow back to reporting sites, because a network that reports into silence stops reporting. Governance over identifiable health data, retention, and the rules for sharing with other agencies and internationally are contractual and frequently the longest part of the negotiation.
This section describes how this category is bought generally, across the public buyers that publish it. The figures elsewhere on this page are measured for this market alone.
Who buys disease surveillance in Colombia?
GlobalGov holds 39 disease surveillance records from 20 distinct buying organisations in Colombia. The most frequent publishers are Departamento de Cundinamarca- Secretaria de Salud (11 records); Dirección Territorial de Salud de Caldas (4 records); Instituto Nacional de Vigilancia de Medicamentos y Alimentos // (3 records); Minsalud (3 records); Ids (2 records); Subred Integrada DE Servicios DE Salud Norte E.s.e. (oficial) (2 records). Between them the 6 largest account for 64% of everything published, so buying here is concentrated in a few authorities.
| Buying organisation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Departamento de Cundinamarca- Secretaria de Salud | 11 | 28% |
| Dirección Territorial de Salud de Caldas | 4 | 10% |
| Instituto Nacional de Vigilancia de Medicamentos y Alimentos // | 3 | 7.7% |
| Minsalud | 3 | 7.7% |
| Ids | 2 | 5.1% |
| Subred Integrada DE Servicios DE Salud Norte E.s.e. (oficial) | 2 | 5.1% |
What are disease surveillance contracts worth in Colombia?
39 of the 39 records publish a contract value. The median is $6,600 and the largest single published value is $45,876. By size, 39 under $100k. The remaining 0 publish no value at all, so every figure here describes the priced subset only, and values are as stated by the buyer rather than as finally awarded.
| Contract size | Records | Share of priced |
|---|---|---|
| under $100k | 39 | 100% |
| between $100k and $1M | 0 | 0.0% |
| between $1M and $10M | 0 | 0.0% |
| above $10M | 0 | 0.0% |
How long do bidders get to respond to disease surveillance tenders in Colombia?
Across the 34 Colombia disease surveillance notices that publish both a publication date and a closing date, the median response window is 196 days. A quarter of them allowed 154 days or fewer and a quarter stayed open for more than 307. Short turnarounds are the exception rather than the rule here: only 1 (2.9%) closed within a fortnight of being published.
How often are disease surveillance tenders published in Colombia?
Colombia published 4 notices in this category in the last twelve months. Over the last three years there were 35, spread across 19 separate months of activity since 28 January 2022. January is historically the busiest month. No new notice has been published in this category since 28 January 2026, 246 days ago, so treat the figures above as a record of the market rather than as this week's pipeline.
Where do the Colombia disease surveillance records on this page come from?
These 39 records are collected from 2 official sources: SECOP II (30), SECOP II (9). GlobalGov is an independent aggregator and is not affiliated with any of them; each record links back to the notice on its issuing portal. The set is rebuilt nightly, and the counts on this page were taken on 2026-10-01.
Most recent Disease Surveillance tenders in Colombia
No individual notice in this category currently has a public record page. The market figures above are computed over all 39 records GlobalGov holds for it.
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