Physical security for a site under threat, and the assessment that drives it
Force protection procurement starts from a threat and vulnerability assessment rather than from a product list. The assessment establishes what is being protected, against what kind of attack, and what level of protection is proportionate, and every subsequent specification -- perimeter, access control, vehicle barriers, blast protection, surveillance, guarding -- derives from it. Bids that lead with equipment rather than with a protective design are answering a question the buyer did not ask.
Physical protection products are tested and rated rather than described. Vehicle security barriers are rated by the mass and speed they will stop and the penetration permitted; fencing, doors and glazing are rated by delay time against defined tool sets or by blast resistance; and the rating only holds for the tested installation detail, so foundations and fixings are part of the specification. Layering is the design principle: detect, delay and respond must be balanced, because delay without a response capability inside that time buys nothing.
Operational constraints usually decide the design. Sites have to remain usable -- people, vehicles and deliveries must enter, sometimes in volume and sometimes in public view -- so screening throughput, queuing and standoff distance are engineering requirements rather than preferences. Where protection is installed at an existing site, construction happens under the threat the measures are meant to address, which constrains sequencing. Maintenance, testing and periodic reassessment as the threat changes are contractual commitments, since protective measures that are not exercised are not protective.
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 force protection in Colombia?
GlobalGov holds 28 force protection records from 7 distinct buying organisations in Colombia. The most frequent publishers are Unp (21 records); Supervigilancia - MD (2 records); BOYACÁ - CONCEJO MUNICIPAL de PACHAVITA (1 record); Caja de Retiro de LAS Fuerzas Militares (1 record); Camara de Representantes (1 record); Cenaccali (1 record). Between them the 6 largest account for 96% of everything published, so buying here is concentrated in a few authorities.
| Buying organisation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Unp | 21 | 75% |
| Supervigilancia - MD | 2 | 7.1% |
| BOYACÁ - CONCEJO MUNICIPAL de PACHAVITA | 1 | 3.6% |
| Caja de Retiro de LAS Fuerzas Militares | 1 | 3.6% |
| Camara de Representantes | 1 | 3.6% |
| Cenaccali | 1 | 3.6% |
What are force protection contracts worth in Colombia?
28 of the 28 records publish a contract value. The median is $18,468 and the largest single published value is $609,922. By size, 27 under $100k, 1 between $100k and $1M. 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 | 27 | 96% |
| between $100k and $1M | 1 | 3.6% |
| between $1M and $10M | 0 | 0.0% |
| above $10M | 0 | 0.0% |
How long do bidders get to respond to force protection tenders in Colombia?
Across the 23 Colombia force protection notices that publish both a publication date and a closing date, the median response window is 354 days. A quarter of them allowed 349 days or fewer and a quarter stayed open for more than 356. Not one of them closed within a fortnight of being published, so the window on this market is consistently workable.
How often are force protection tenders published in Colombia?
Colombia published 2 notices in this category in the last twelve months. Over the last three years there were 27, spread across 6 separate months of activity since 4 January 2024. January is historically the busiest month. No new notice has been published in this category since 25 January 2026, 249 days ago, so treat the figures above as a record of the market rather than as this week's pipeline.
Where do the Colombia force protection records on this page come from?
These 28 records are collected from 2 official sources: SECOP II (18), SECOP II (10). 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 Force Protection tenders in Colombia
No individual notice in this category currently has a public record page. The market figures above are computed over all 28 records GlobalGov holds for it.
Other procurement categories in Colombia
Force Protection procurement in other markets
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 force protection opportunity is published there.
Start Free Trial