Population-level interventions and the evidence they are commissioned against
Public health programmes are commissioned for a population rather than for the individuals who present, and the specification reflects that. Buyers define a target population, a coverage or reach target within it, and usually an equity requirement expressed as coverage among groups with the worst outcomes, because a programme that improves the average while widening the gap has failed on its own terms. Bids are assessed on how they will reach people who are not already engaged, which is harder and more expensive than serving those who do.
The intervention itself is normally required to be evidence-based, with reference to recognised guidance, and deviation from it must be justified rather than assumed. That constrains innovation deliberately: a supplier proposing an untested variant is asked to explain why the evidence base does not apply. Fidelity to the evidenced model is then monitored during delivery, because interventions delivered at lower intensity than the evidence assumed are a common reason programmes produce no measurable effect.
Delivery is multi-agency by nature and the contract has to accommodate it. Programmes run through schools, workplaces, primary care, pharmacies and community organisations, so information sharing agreements, referral pathways and joint governance are specified. Surveillance and reporting obligations are heavier than in clinical services: case definitions, notification timescales, and data flows into national systems are contractual, and consent, confidentiality and the handling of sensitive characteristics are governed tightly because the data describes communities as well as patients.
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 public health programs in Colombia?
GlobalGov holds 164 public health programs records from 84 distinct buying organisations in Colombia. The most frequent publishers are Santiago de Cali Distrito Especial - Secretaria Distrital de Salud de Cali (17 records); Fondo Financiero Distrital de Salud. (9 records); Dirección Territorial de Salud de Caldas (8 records); Subred Integrada de Servicio de Salud Centro Oriente E.S.E 1 (7 records); Icbf Regional Bogota (5 records); Ids (5 records). Between them the 6 largest account for 31% of everything published, so buying here is spread across many separate authorities.
| Buying organisation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Santiago de Cali Distrito Especial - Secretaria Distrital de Salud de Cali | 17 | 10% |
| Fondo Financiero Distrital de Salud. | 9 | 5.5% |
| Dirección Territorial de Salud de Caldas | 8 | 4.9% |
| Subred Integrada de Servicio de Salud Centro Oriente E.S.E 1 | 7 | 4.3% |
| Icbf Regional Bogota | 5 | 3.0% |
| Ids | 5 | 3.0% |
What are public health programs contracts worth in Colombia?
160 of the 164 records publish a contract value. The median is $6,241 and the largest single published value is $961,843. By size, 136 under $100k, 24 between $100k and $1M. The remaining 4 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 | 136 | 85% |
| between $100k and $1M | 24 | 15% |
| between $1M and $10M | 0 | 0.0% |
| above $10M | 0 | 0.0% |
How long do bidders get to respond to public health programs tenders in Colombia?
Across the 90 Colombia public health programs notices that publish both a publication date and a closing date, the median response window is 162 days. A quarter of them allowed 101 days or fewer and a quarter stayed open for more than 273. Not one of them closed within a fortnight of being published, so the window on this market is consistently workable.
How often are public health programs tenders published in Colombia?
Colombia publishes about 5 notices a month in this category, 60 in the last twelve months. That is 46% more than the 41 published in the twelve months before that. Over the last three years there were 151, spread across 25 separate months of activity since 1 March 2023. January is historically the busiest month. No new notice has been published in this category since 18 March 2026, 197 days ago, so treat the figures above as a record of the market rather than as this week's pipeline.
Where do the Colombia public health programs records on this page come from?
These 164 records are collected from 2 official sources: SECOP II (117), SECOP II (47). 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 Public Health Programs tenders in Colombia
No individual notice in this category currently has a public record page. The market figures above are computed over all 164 records GlobalGov holds for it.
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