Sports Ministry awards Petroecuador diesel for swimming pools for 58,645 dollars

The Ministry of Sport awarded the Public Hydrocarbons Company of Ecuador EP Petroecuador the acquisition of industrial type 2 diesel for the operation of swimming pools and wet areas of its active centers and sports facilities, for USD 58,645.01 excluding VAT. The decision is contained in Resolution No. MD-DM-2025-0436-R, signed on March 17, 2025, and published in the Second Supplement of the Official Registry No. 371 on Thursday, September 17, 2026, page 28. The procedure was processed under the special contracting regime between public entities, with a single invited provider and without an open competitive process.

The legal framework of the special regime

The resolution is based on numeral 8 of article 2 of the Organic Law of the National Public Procurement System, which subjects contracts entered into by the State and public sector entities among themselves, or with public companies whose subscribed capital belongs at least 50% to public law entities, to specific regulations. Article 288 of the Constitution requires that public procurement meet criteria of efficiency, transparency, quality, and environmental and social responsibility.

The act was issued by delegation of the highest authority, pursuant to Ministerial Agreement number 0015 of June 11, 2024, and is signed by Mgs. Romel Leonardo González Orlando, Coordinator of Services for the Sports System. The Public Hydrocarbons Company of Ecuador EP Petroecuador, with RUC 1768153530001, was created by Executive Decree No. 315, published in the Supplement of the Official Registry No. 171 on April 14, 2010, and the resolution itself describes it as the only company nationwide with crude oil refining capacity and the main provider of industrial fuels.

Background and process schedule

The procedure began with Resolution No. MD-DM-2025-0233-R, dated February 26, 2025, which authorized the start of process RE-CEP-MINDEP-2025-001, approved the terms of reference, the market study, and the bidding documents, and formally invited Petroecuador. The pre-contractual stages proceeded as follows:

• February 26, 2025: call for bids on the public procurement portal, with a referential budget of USD 58,645.01 excluding VAT.
• February 28, 2025: questions and clarifications hearing (minutes number 001); Petroecuador did not ask any questions nor were any clarifications issued.
• March 7, 2025: opening of the bid (minutes number 002); the invited bidder submitted its proposal and no correctable errors were detected.
• March 11, 2025: qualification of the bid (minutes number 003), with a recommendation to award for meeting the minimum requirements of the bidding documents.

The technical commission was composed of Eng. Ketty Katherine Chila Angulo, analyst of Centro Activo, who chaired it; Arch. Silvia Liliana Villavicencio Vinueza, analyst of Sports Infrastructure, as the delegate of the requesting area; and Eng. Miguel Angel Llumiquinga Oña, administrator of Centro Activo, as a professional related to the object of the procurement.

Terms of the award

Article 1 of the resolution awards process RE-CEP-MINDEP-2025-001 to Petroecuador for USD 58,645.01, excluding VAT, for meeting the minimum requirements demanded in the pre-contractual bidding documents. The other terms are:

• Object: acquisition of industrial type 2 diesel for swimming pools and wet areas of active centers and sports facilities, year 2025.
• Contract: number MD-2025-001, the drafting of which was assigned to the Legal Advisory Directorate.
• Contract Administrator: the Director of Sports Infrastructure Management or whoever acts in their stead.
• Publication: the Administrative Directorate must disseminate the resolution and relevant documentation on the portal www.compraspublicas.gob.ec.
• Validity: the resolution is effective from its publication on the SERCOP Institutional Portal.

Impact

The publication in the Official Registry makes a minor current expenditure—nearly 58,600 dollars—verifiable, but it illustrates the use of the special regime between public entities, a route permitted by law but which excludes bidding between offerors and concentrates the purchase in the state hydrocarbon company. For readers, the relevant fact is that the operational maintenance of swimming pools and wet areas of sports centers depends on a single provider designated by direct invitation, with the detail of dates, amounts, and responsible parties now available in the official bulletin.

Source: Official Registry, Second Supplement No. 371, Thursday, September 17, 2026, Section I, p. 28 (official reference: MD-DM-2025-0436-R).