Antofagasta tenders a long-term care facility in Taltal for 5.817 billion

The Architecture Directorate of the Antofagasta Region, under the Ministry of Public Works, called for the public tender of the project “Construction of Long-Term Care Facility, Taltal”, with an official budget of $5,817,057,031. The notice was published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Chile no. 44,585, on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, in Section IV of tenders and competitions, with CVE 2891482.

Project Identification and Financing

The project is identified by code BIP 50000379-0 and ID No. 1151-7-LR26 on the www.chilecompra.cl platform. Its financing comes from the FNDR (National Fund for Regional Development), as stated in the official notice.

The call for tenders establishes the following general execution conditions:

• Official budget: $5,817,057,031.
• Execution period: 540 calendar days.
• Contract type: payment upon receipt, with a public lump-sum proposal without readjustment.
• Delivery of documentation: information available at www.mercadopublico.cl.
• Tendering unit: Architecture Directorate, Antofagasta Region.

The call was signed by the Regional Ministerial Secretary of Public Works of the Antofagasta Region, according to the footer of the notice published in the bulletin.

Calendar: site visit, inquiries, and openings

The schedule includes an optional site visit, set for Monday, November 2, 2026, at 12:00 PM. Inquiries from interested parties may be submitted from Monday, October 19, 2026, until 4:00 PM on Friday, November 13, 2026, at the Regional Architecture Directorate of Antofagasta or through the www.mercadopublico.cl portal.

The receipt of documentation and the technical opening will take place on Friday, February 5, 2027, at 12:00 PM, at the Regional Ministerial Secretariat of Public Works, located at 21 de Mayo 470, 5th floor, Antofagasta. The opening of the economic offer and the identification of the proponents is scheduled for Thursday, March 11, 2027, at 12:00 PM, at the same address.

Who can apply

Contractors registered in the Second Category or higher of the Registry of Major Works Contractors, in Specialty 6 OC, may participate. The notice does not include other accreditation requirements in the published extract, which refers to the documentation available on the public procurement portal.

The payment-upon-receipt modality, together with the lump-sum proposal without readjustment, implies that the awardee will receive payment once the work is received and that the offered amount will not be readjusted during the 540 calendar days of execution, a relevant point for the financial calculation of interested companies.

Impact for the commune

The construction of a long-term care facility in Taltal responds to a demand for healthcare equipment in a coastal commune of the Antofagasta Region, distant from the region’s main urban centers. With a budget exceeding $5.817 billion and an execution period of more than a year and a half, the work represents a significant investment in the hiring of local labor and in chains of materials and services for the area.

For readers linked to the construction sector, the immediate milestone is the site visit on November 2, 2026, and the closing of inquiries on November 13, 2026; for the community, the tender marks the formal start of a social equipment project whose award schedule extends until March 2027.

Source: Official Gazette of the Republic of Chile, No. 44,585, Wednesday, October 28, 2026, Section IV, page 1 (official reference: CVE 2891482).