Provision for young children, and what a buyer inspects before it contracts
Early years provision is procured against a registration and inspection regime that exists independently of the contract. Providers must be registered for the age range and the number of places, meet statutory staff-to-child ratios, and satisfy premises requirements covering space per child, outdoor access, safety and hygiene. Buyers normally require a current inspection judgement above a stated threshold as a condition of bidding, which makes the regulator rather than the evaluation panel the first filter in this category.
Safeguarding is the requirement with no tolerance. Enhanced background checks for everyone with access to children, a designated safeguarding lead, recorded training, safer recruitment practice and clear reporting routes are verified rather than declared, and a gap is disqualifying rather than correctable. Ratios are specified by age band and are enforced continuously, including during staff absence, which means the bid has to carry a credible relief and cover model rather than an establishment figure.
Quality is assessed on curriculum and on inclusion. Buyers ask how the provider delivers the early learning framework that applies, how it assesses and records children's development, how it works with parents, and specifically how it supports children with additional needs and those learning the language of instruction. Funding arrangements are usually a mix of entitlement funding per child with eligibility rules and audit, and parental contributions that may be regulated, so the financial model in a bid has to be read against those rules rather than against a simple fee.
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 early childhood in Colombia?
GlobalGov holds 59 early childhood records from 22 distinct buying organisations in Colombia. The most frequent publishers are (Secretaría Distrital de Integración Social) (23 records); Icbf Regional Norte de Santander (5 records); Icbf Regional Cauca (4 records); Icbf Regional Choco (4 records); Icbf Regional Bogota (3 records); Icbf Regional Meta (3 records). Between them the 6 largest account for 71% of everything published, so buying here is concentrated in a few authorities.
| Buying organisation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| (Secretaría Distrital de Integración Social) | 23 | 39% |
| Icbf Regional Norte de Santander | 5 | 8.5% |
| Icbf Regional Cauca | 4 | 6.8% |
| Icbf Regional Choco | 4 | 6.8% |
| Icbf Regional Bogota | 3 | 5.1% |
| Icbf Regional Meta | 3 | 5.1% |
What are early childhood contracts worth in Colombia?
59 of the 59 records publish a contract value. The median is $10,300 and the largest single published value is $2.2M. By size, 37 under $100k, 19 between $100k and $1M, 3 between $1M and $10M. 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 | 37 | 63% |
| between $100k and $1M | 19 | 32% |
| between $1M and $10M | 3 | 5.1% |
| above $10M | 0 | 0.0% |
How long do bidders get to respond to early childhood tenders in Colombia?
Across the 28 Colombia early childhood notices that publish both a publication date and a closing date, the median response window is 332 days. A quarter of them allowed 213 days or fewer and a quarter stayed open for more than 388. Not one of them closed within a fortnight of being published, so the window on this market is consistently workable.
How often are early childhood tenders published in Colombia?
Colombia published 22 notices in this category in the last twelve months. Over the last three years there were 54, spread across 14 separate months of activity since 9 August 2020. January is historically the busiest month. No new notice has been published in this category since 30 January 2026, 244 days ago, so treat the figures above as a record of the market rather than as this week's pipeline.
Where do the Colombia early childhood records on this page come from?
These 59 records are collected from 2 official sources: SECOP II (39), SECOP II (20). 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 Early Childhood tenders in Colombia
No individual notice in this category currently has a public record page. The market figures above are computed over all 59 records GlobalGov holds for it.
Other procurement categories in Colombia
Never Miss a Colombia Government Contract
Finding Colombia tenders usually means a local portal, a local registration and someone who reads the language. Get an alert you can read when a new early childhood opportunity is published there.
Start Free Trial