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.
MEZCLA ARGON + DIOXIDO DE CARBONO (AR + CO2) m3
Centro Hospitalario Pereira Rossell · LINDE URUGUAY LIMITADA
No apparent explanationUnexplained45%
Sobreprecio moderado (~13% sobre el p95) en gas industrial estándar para soldadura, sin indicios de error de carga, urgencia ni producto distinto que lo justifiquen.
Paid$ 1.627Usual range$ 500 – 1.481SINDESMOTOMO CURVO DENTAL unidad
Centro Hospitalario Pereira Rossell · RESIMPEX S A
No apparent explanationUnexplained90%
El precio unitario pagado por el sindesmotomo curvo dental es significativamente superior al rango estadístico habitual, sin justificación aparente en el contexto.
Paid$ 1.287Usual range$ 127 – 448TETINA PERFORADA PARA MAMADERA unidad
Centro Hospitalario Pereira Rossell · JUNPOL S.A.
No apparent explanationUnexplained90%
El precio pagado por la tetina es significativamente superior al rango estadístico y no hay contexto que lo justifique.
Paid$ 180Usual range$ 33 – 131