Clinical education, competence assessment and the constraint of release
Training for clinical staff is bought against competence rather than attendance. Specifications reference professional standards and require assessment of skill -- observed practice, simulation with structured assessment, or supervised practice signed off by an assessor -- rather than a certificate of attendance, because the buyer needs evidence that would stand up in an investigation. Trainers are expected to hold current clinical registration and credible recent practice, and named faculty are scored individually.
The binding constraint is releasing staff. Clinical services cannot stop for training, so delivery has to fit around shift patterns, be repeated frequently in small cohorts, be available at night and at weekends, or be delivered in the workplace. Bidders who propose a small number of large centralised sessions are usually proposing something the buyer cannot staff, and evaluation reflects that. Blended models, with theory delivered flexibly and practical assessment concentrated, are common for the same reason.
Simulation and equipment requirements make this category capital-heavy. Manikins, task trainers, scenario rooms with recording for debrief, and the consumables each session uses are priced obligations, and where the training must be on the buyer's own equipment the logistics of getting it or replicating it belong in the bid. Recognition matters as well: where the training contributes to mandatory competencies, revalidation or continuing professional development, the accreditation of the provider and the awarding of credit are conditions rather than marketing points.
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 health training in Colombia?
GlobalGov holds 788 health training records from 159 distinct buying organisations in Colombia. The most frequent publishers are Subred Integrada de Servicios de Salud SUR E.S.E.** (115 records); Subred Integrada de Servicios de Salud SUR Occidente Ese. (103 records); Subred Integrada de Servicio de Salud Centro Oriente E.S.E 1 (69 records); Subred Integrada de Servicios de Salud Norte E.S.E. (Oficial) (54 records); Subred Integrada DE Servicios DE Salud SUR E.s.e.** (36 records); ESE Hospital Universitario Julio Mendez Barreneche (22 records). Between them the 6 largest account for 51% of everything published, so buying here is concentrated in a few authorities.
| Buying organisation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Subred Integrada de Servicios de Salud SUR E.S.E.** | 115 | 15% |
| Subred Integrada de Servicios de Salud SUR Occidente Ese. | 103 | 13% |
| Subred Integrada de Servicio de Salud Centro Oriente E.S.E 1 | 69 | 8.8% |
| Subred Integrada de Servicios de Salud Norte E.S.E. (Oficial) | 54 | 6.9% |
| Subred Integrada DE Servicios DE Salud SUR E.s.e.** | 36 | 4.6% |
| ESE Hospital Universitario Julio Mendez Barreneche | 22 | 2.8% |
What are health training contracts worth in Colombia?
788 of the 788 records publish a contract value. The median is $5,597 and the largest single published value is $17.7M. By size, 778 under $100k, 8 between $100k and $1M, 1 between $1M and $10M, 1 above $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 | 778 | 99% |
| between $100k and $1M | 8 | 1.0% |
| between $1M and $10M | 1 | 0.1% |
| above $10M | 1 | 0.1% |
How long do bidders get to respond to health training tenders in Colombia?
Across the 676 Colombia health training notices that publish both a publication date and a closing date, the median response window is 260 days. A quarter of them allowed 123 days or fewer and a quarter stayed open for more than 346. Short turnarounds are the exception rather than the rule here: only 3 (0.4%) closed within a fortnight of being published.
How often are health training tenders published in Colombia?
Colombia publishes about 12 notices a month in this category, 145 in the last twelve months. That is 123% more than the 65 published in the twelve months before that. Over the last three years there were 782, spread across 22 separate months of activity since 16 January 2020. January is historically the busiest month. No new notice has been published in this category since 23 April 2026, 161 days ago, so treat the figures above as a record of the market rather than as this week's pipeline.
Where do the Colombia health training records on this page come from?
These 788 records are collected from 2 official sources: SECOP II (568), SECOP II (220). 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 Health Training tenders in Colombia
No individual notice in this category currently has a public record page. The market figures above are computed over all 788 records GlobalGov holds for it.
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