Federal government prohibits contracting IFASER for three months

The federal government has prohibited the agencies and entities of the Federal Public Administration, the federal entities and their municipalities, as well as the territorial demarcations of Mexico City, from accepting proposals or entering into contracts with the company IFASER, S.A. de C.V. The measure was published in the Official Gazette of the Federation on Wednesday, September 2, 2026, through Circular SABG/OIC3A/AR/154/2026, and derives from a concluded administrative sanction procedure against the company.

The circular was issued by the Internal Control Body of the National Commission for the Protection and Defense of Users of Financial Services, the responsibility area of the Secretariat of Anti-Corruption and Good Governance, and is signed by the head of said area, lawyer Federico Carlos Chávez Osnaya, dated August 27, 2026.

Origin of the sanction

The disqualification is based on the Resolution of August 14, 2026, issued in case file SANCPC 0001/2023, through which the administrative sanction procedure initiated against IFASER, S.A. de C.V. was concluded. In it, it was determined to impose the following sanctions on the company:

• Temporary disqualification for three (3) months, during which it may not, by itself or through an intermediary, submit proposals nor enter into any contract in procurement procedures for acquisitions, leases, and services that are carried out totally or partially with federal resources.
• A fine, the payment of which is a condition for the disqualification to expire at the end of the term.

Scope and validity of the prohibition

The prohibition applies starting the day following the publication of the circular in the Official Gazette of the Federation and its registration in the Digital Platform for Public Procurement of the Federal Public Administration ComprasMX (formerly CompraNet). This includes procedures regulated by the Law of Acquisitions, Leases, and Services of the Public Sector when they are carried out totally or partially using federal resources.

Contracts already awarded or formalized with IFASER, S.A. de C.V. prior to the publication are not included in the application of the circular, in accordance with Article 112 of the Regulations of the aforementioned law.

Condition to lift the sanction

In the event that, upon the expiration of the three-month term, the company has not paid the imposed fine, the disqualification shall remain in effect until the corresponding payment is made. To this end, IFASER, S.A. de C.V. must prove payment to the Secretariat of Anti-Corruption and Good Governance by presenting the supporting document, so that its registration in the ComprasMX portal (formerly CompraNet) may be removed, without the need for the publication of another notice.

The measure reinforces the administrative liability regime in federal public procurement and serves as a warning to providers and companies participating in tenders with public funds, by enforcing disqualification as a consequence of administrative faults.

Source: Official Gazette of the Federation, September 2, 2026, Secretariat of Anti-Corruption and Good Governance, p. 51 (official reference: Circular SABG/OIC3A/AR/154/2026, file SANCPC 0001/2023).