Index-linked pricing and the mechanics of a bulk fuel contract
Nobody bids a fixed price for fuel over a contract term, and a buyer who asks for one is inviting a risk premium rather than a price. These contracts are priced as a differential: a published market reference price for the product, plus or minus a bidder's margin covering supply, transport and service. Evaluation compares those differentials, not pump prices, and the tender specifies which published index is used, on what day it is read and how often it resets. A bidder who does not understand the index is not able to price the margin.
The specification is a product standard plus a delivery regime. Fuel is bought to a recognised national or international specification with seasonal grades where climate requires them, biofuel content stated, and certificates of quality accompanying each delivery. The service terms then decide who can compete: tank sizes and access at each site, minimum and maximum drop quantities, ordering lead time, out-of-hours and emergency delivery, and telemetry or automatic replenishment where the buyer has it. Sites that a large tanker cannot reach quietly exclude most bidders.
The obligations that sit around the fuel are where liability concentrates. Storage tanks, bunding, overfill protection and spill response are regulated, and the delivery driver's compliance with filling procedure is the buyer's environmental exposure as much as the supplier's. Metering accuracy and reconciliation between delivered and invoiced volumes are contractual, and stock loss is a recognised dispute. Where duty relief or a rebated grade applies to particular uses, eligibility and record-keeping transfer obligations to both parties that are worth confirming before the first delivery rather than at audit.
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 fuel supply in Colombia?
GlobalGov holds 84 fuel supply records from 73 distinct buying organisations in Colombia. The most frequent publishers are Empresa Social DEL Estado Centro 1 ESE (4 records); Alcaldía Nemocon (3 records); Alcaldía Municipal de Nuevo Colon (2 records); Empresa Social DEL Estado Norte 1 ESE (2 records); Gobernacion DEL Caqueta** (2 records); Municipio de Maceo (2 records). Between them the 6 largest account for 18% of everything published, so buying here is spread across many separate authorities.
| Buying organisation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Empresa Social DEL Estado Centro 1 ESE | 4 | 4.8% |
| Alcaldía Nemocon | 3 | 3.6% |
| Alcaldía Municipal de Nuevo Colon | 2 | 2.4% |
| Empresa Social DEL Estado Norte 1 ESE | 2 | 2.4% |
| Gobernacion DEL Caqueta** | 2 | 2.4% |
| Municipio de Maceo | 2 | 2.4% |
What are fuel supply contracts worth in Colombia?
84 of the 84 records publish a contract value. The median is $10,473 and the largest single published value is $248,400. By size, 83 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 | 83 | 99% |
| between $100k and $1M | 1 | 1.2% |
| between $1M and $10M | 0 | 0.0% |
| above $10M | 0 | 0.0% |
How long do bidders get to respond to fuel supply tenders in Colombia?
Across the 50 Colombia fuel supply notices that publish both a publication date and a closing date, the median response window is 177 days. A quarter of them allowed 92 days or fewer and a quarter stayed open for more than 291. Short turnarounds are the exception rather than the rule here: only 3 (6.0%) closed within a fortnight of being published.
How often are fuel supply tenders published in Colombia?
Colombia published 8 notices in this category in the last twelve months. Over the last three years there were 60, spread across 14 separate months of activity since 26 May 2021. January is historically the busiest month. No new notice has been published in this category since 26 March 2026, 189 days ago, so treat the figures above as a record of the market rather than as this week's pipeline.
How does Colombia compare with other fuel supply markets?
Among the 34 countries where GlobalGov holds a comparable fuel supply market, Colombia ranks 30th by number of records. The largest is United States (7,899 records against 84 here). Within Colombia itself, fuel supply is the 39th largest of the 77 procurement categories tracked here.
Where do the Colombia fuel supply records on this page come from?
These 84 records are collected from 3 official sources: SECOP II (44), SECOP II (39), TED (1). 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 Fuel Supply tenders in Colombia
No individual notice in this category currently has a public record page. The market figures above are computed over all 84 records GlobalGov holds for it.
Other procurement categories in Colombia
Fuel Supply procurement in other markets
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