Why refurbishment is priced differently from new build
Refurbishment carries a risk new construction does not: nobody knows exactly what is behind the wall. Tender documents in this category are built around that uncertainty. Buyers commission condition and hazardous materials surveys before going to market and issue them with the bid pack, and bidders are normally required to attend a site visit that is a condition of admissibility rather than an option. A price submitted without the site visit is usually rejected, and a price submitted without reading the survey is usually regretted.
The pricing mechanism reflects the same uncertainty. Provisional sums and contingency allowances are written into the bill for work that can be foreseen but not quantified -- structural repair once finishes are stripped, asbestos removal, services that turn out not to match the record drawings. Those sums are expended against instruction and measured at agreed rates, so the rates a bidder offers for opening up and making good can matter more to the final account than the headline tender figure.
The constraint that most often drives cost is occupation. Much of this work happens in buildings that stay in use: schools during term, offices during business hours, wards that cannot close. That produces phased possession, temporary decant space, out-of-hours and weekend working, dust and noise limits, fire and escape route management around a live population, and separate security vetting for operatives. Heritage or listed status adds consents, specified materials and specialist trades on top. Bidders who price the work and not the phasing are the ones who claim for disruption later.
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 renovation rehabilitation in Colombia?
GlobalGov holds 31 renovation rehabilitation records from 24 distinct buying organisations in Colombia. The most frequent publishers are Alcaldia Municipio de Manzanares (3 records); Municipio de Manizales (3 records); Alcaldía DEL Distrito Turístico y Cultural de Cartagena de Indias (2 records); Empresa Metro De BogotÁ S.a. (2 records); Invias (2 records); Alcaldia DE Becerril Cesar (1 record). Between them the 6 largest account for 42% of everything published, so buying here is spread across many separate authorities.
| Buying organisation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alcaldia Municipio de Manzanares | 3 | 9.7% |
| Municipio de Manizales | 3 | 9.7% |
| Alcaldía DEL Distrito Turístico y Cultural de Cartagena de Indias | 2 | 6.5% |
| Empresa Metro De BogotÁ S.a. | 2 | 6.5% |
| Invias | 2 | 6.5% |
| Alcaldia DE Becerril Cesar | 1 | 3.2% |
What are renovation rehabilitation contracts worth in Colombia?
30 of the 31 records publish a contract value. The median is $8,795 and the largest single published value is $4.5B. By size, 20 under $100k, 8 between $100k and $1M, 2 above $10M. The remaining 1 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 | 20 | 67% |
| between $100k and $1M | 8 | 27% |
| between $1M and $10M | 0 | 0.0% |
| above $10M | 2 | 6.7% |
How long do bidders get to respond to renovation rehabilitation tenders in Colombia?
Across the 16 Colombia renovation rehabilitation notices that publish both a publication date and a closing date, the median response window is 185 days. A quarter of them allowed 106 days or fewer and a quarter stayed open for more than 221. Not one of them closed within a fortnight of being published, so the window on this market is consistently workable.
How often are renovation rehabilitation tenders published in Colombia?
Colombia published 8 notices in this category in the last twelve months. Over the last three years there were 30, spread across 14 separate months of activity since 11 August 2023. 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 renovation rehabilitation markets?
Among the 44 countries where GlobalGov holds a comparable renovation rehabilitation market, Colombia ranks 39th by number of records. The largest is Kenya (4,730 records against 31 here). Within Colombia itself, renovation rehabilitation is the 64th largest of the 77 procurement categories tracked here.
Where do the Colombia renovation rehabilitation records on this page come from?
These 31 records are collected from 3 official sources: SECOP II (16), SECOP II (13), TED (2). 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 Renovation Rehabilitation tenders in Colombia
No individual notice in this category currently has a public record page. The market figures above are computed over all 31 records GlobalGov holds for it.
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