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.
SOBRE MANILA unidad
Jefatura de Policía de Flores · PAPELERIA ALDO S A DE BENEFICIO E INTERES COLECTIVO
No apparent explanationUnexplained60%
Sobre manila estándar (amarillo, 23x32 cm) pagado a 1081.97 UYU, ≈5x el techo habitual (p95=217.24), sin características, urgencia ni servicio que lo justifiquen.
Paid$ 1.082Usual range$ 3 – 245ARANDELA PLANA DE ACERO INOXIDABLE unidad
Jefatura de Policía de Flores · BARRACA STAUDINGER S R L
No apparent explanationUnexplained90%
El precio unitario de la arandela es significativamente superior al rango estadístico y no hay justificación en el contexto.
Paid$ 492Usual range$ 2 – 350CARPETA ARCHIVADORA DE CARTONPLAST unidad
Jefatura de Policía de Flores · I.B. LDA.S.R.L.
No apparent explanationUnexplained95%
El precio unitario pagado por la carpeta archivadora es significativamente superior al rango estadístico habitual y no hay justificación aparente en el contexto.
Paid$ 835Usual range$ 34 – 202