Uruguay's public procurement
Price flags
Contracts where the unit price departs sharply from what the state usually pays for the same item. A flag is not an accusation: it marks something worth a look.
How it is calculated
For each combination of item, currency and unit of measure, a price baseline is built from the last 36 months. Each award's unit price is then scored against that baseline using a robust measure in log space: it uses the median rather than the mean, so a huge contract cannot mask its own anomaly.
At least 10 comparable items are needed to score a price, and 30 to assign the highest severities.
There are legitimate explanations: urgent purchases, different specifications under the same catalogue code, or items misclassified at the source.
NIFEDIPINA (COMPRIMIDOS) comprimido
Centro Auxiliar de Bella Unión · LABORATORIOS RIXDAL S.A.
No apparent explanationUnexplained55%
El ítem es la presentación genérica estándar (Nifedel 10 MG, blíster x10 comprimidos) sin rasgos de marca premium, urgencia, servicio incluido o error de carga que justifiquen pagar por encima del rango habitual (6–69 UYU).
Paid$ 79Usual range$ 6 – 69CATETER DOBLE J unidad
Centro Auxiliar de Bella Unión · CORPORACION MEDICA DE PAYSANDU IAMPP
No apparent explanationUnexplained90%
El precio unitario pagado por el catéter doble J es significativamente superior al rango estadístico y no hay justificación aparente en el contexto.
Paid$ 91.468Usual range$ 1.890 – 37.700