Networks, treatment and the health obligations underneath the engineering
Sewerage work covers collection networks, pumping, treatment and the disposal or reuse of what comes out, and the discharge consent governs all of it. A treatment works is designed to meet numerical limits on the quality of the effluent it releases, measured and enforced by a regulator, so process guarantees are contractual and performance testing over a defined period is a condition of acceptance. A plant that is built to the drawing and cannot hold consent has not been delivered.
Network work is street work, with the constraints that implies: permits from the highway authority, traffic management, reinstatement to a specified standard with a guarantee period, and out-of-hours working where the road cannot be closed in the day. Rehabilitation techniques that avoid excavation -- lining, patching, pipe bursting -- are frequently specified because they shorten road occupation, and they require different plant and different accreditation from open-cut laying. Working in confined spaces and in sewers brings its own authorisation, gas monitoring and rescue provision.
Sanitation programmes in settings without a piped network are a distinct market with distinct evaluation. Latrine and septic construction, faecal sludge collection and treatment, and public or school facilities are judged as much on operation, maintenance arrangements and community acceptance as on construction quality, because facilities built without an emptying service and a maintenance owner fall out of use quickly. Safeguarding of workers handling waste, and separate accessible facilities for women and for people with disabilities, are specified requirements rather than design preferences.
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 sanitation sewerage in Colombia?
GlobalGov holds 49 sanitation sewerage records from 36 distinct buying organisations in Colombia. The most frequent publishers are Comisión de Regulación de Agua Potable y Saneamiento Básico. (5 records); Departamento Administrativo de la Defensoria DEL Espacio Publico (4 records); Empresas Públicas de Cundinamarca S.A. E.S.P. (3 records); Minvivienda (3 records); E.S.P .Piedecuestana de Servicios Publicos (2 records); Empresa de Servicios Públicos Aguas Mocoa S.A. E.S.P. (2 records). Between them the 6 largest account for 39% of everything published, so buying here is spread across many separate authorities.
| Buying organisation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Comisión de Regulación de Agua Potable y Saneamiento Básico. | 5 | 10% |
| Departamento Administrativo de la Defensoria DEL Espacio Publico | 4 | 8.2% |
| Empresas Públicas de Cundinamarca S.A. E.S.P. | 3 | 6.1% |
| Minvivienda | 3 | 6.1% |
| E.S.P .Piedecuestana de Servicios Publicos | 2 | 4.1% |
| Empresa de Servicios Públicos Aguas Mocoa S.A. E.S.P. | 2 | 4.1% |
What are sanitation sewerage contracts worth in Colombia?
49 of the 49 records publish a contract value. The median is $12,759 and the largest single published value is $3.4M. By size, 39 under $100k, 6 between $100k and $1M, 4 between $1M and $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 | 39 | 80% |
| between $100k and $1M | 6 | 12% |
| between $1M and $10M | 4 | 8.2% |
| above $10M | 0 | 0.0% |
How long do bidders get to respond to sanitation sewerage tenders in Colombia?
Across the 36 Colombia sanitation sewerage notices that publish both a publication date and a closing date, the median response window is 204 days. A quarter of them allowed 159 days or fewer and a quarter stayed open for more than 304. Not one of them closed within a fortnight of being published, so the window on this market is consistently workable.
How often are sanitation sewerage tenders published in Colombia?
Colombia published 8 notices in this category in the last twelve months. Over the last three years there were 42, spread across 19 separate months of activity since 30 December 2022. January is historically the busiest month. No new notice has been published in this category since 10 February 2026, 233 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 sanitation sewerage markets?
Among the 18 countries where GlobalGov holds a comparable sanitation sewerage market, Colombia ranks 9th by number of records. The largest is France (505 records against 49 here). Within Colombia itself, sanitation sewerage is the 51st largest of the 77 procurement categories tracked here.
Where do the Colombia sanitation sewerage records on this page come from?
These 49 records are collected from 2 official sources: SECOP II (26), SECOP II (23). 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 Sanitation Sewerage tenders in Colombia
No individual notice in this category currently has a public record page. The market figures above are computed over all 49 records GlobalGov holds for it.
Other procurement categories in Colombia
Sanitation Sewerage procurement in other markets
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