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.
ROPA ZALEA ABSORBENTE EN TELA NO TEJIDA CON CELULOSA unidad
Centro Auxiliar de Young · SUFARMA SOCIEDAD DE RESPONSABILIDAD LIMITADA
No apparent explanationUnexplained45%
Se pagaron 27,9 UYU por unidad de zalea absorbente 1x1 M, apenas por encima del techo habitual (p95=26,325), sin que la cantidad, la presentación o el resto de la adjudicación justifiquen el exceso.
Paid$ 28Usual range$ 12 – 26ROPA CAMPO EN TELA NO TEJIDA TIPO SMS 40 G/M2 unidad
Centro Auxiliar de Young · MEDICALKIT S.A.
No apparent explanationUnexplained90%
El precio pagado está ligeramente por encima del rango estadístico sin justificación aparente.
Paid$ 40Usual range$ 6 – 36