Transmareli disqualified from contracting for six months and twenty-one days

The Anti-Corruption and Good Governance Secretariat published a circular on August 20, 2026, in the Official Gazette of the Federation, notifying the agencies and entities of the Federal Public Administration, the Attorney General’s Office, the federal entities, the municipalities, and the territorial demarcations of Mexico City that they must refrain from accepting proposals or entering into contracts with the company Transmareli, S.A. de C.V. The measure derives from the resolution of July 31, 2026, issued in the administrative procedure for the imposition of sanctions on bidders, suppliers, and/or contractors PA-0001/2026, which concluded the procedure initiated against the legal entity.

The sanction consists of disqualification from participating, directly or through an intermediary, in procurement procedures; from entering into contracts regulated by the Law on Acquisitions, Leases and Services of the Public Sector, the Law on Public Works and Related Services, and the Law on Public-Private Partnerships, as well as from signing framework agreements, for a period of 6 (six) months and 21 (twenty-one) days, in addition to the fine imposed in the same resolution.

Scope of the prohibition

The circular, identified as SABG/420/OICCONAGUA/AR/261/2026, was issued by the Internal Control Body of the National Water Commission, through its Responsibilities Area, based on articles 13, 89, 90, and 91 of the Law on Acquisitions, Leases and Services of the Public Sector and its regulations, as well as the Federal Law of Administrative Procedure and the internal regulations of the Secretariat itself.

The prohibition applies to all obligated subjects of the public sector:

• Agencies and entities of the Federal Public Administration.
• The Attorney General’s Office.
• Federal entities, municipalities, and territorial demarcations of Mexico City.

Current contracts and registration

The circular specifies that contracts already awarded and those currently formalized with Transmareli, S.A. de C.V. will not be included in the application of the measure, under the terms of article 163 of the regulations of the acquisitions law. The company will remain registered as sanctioned on the ComprasMX portal during the disqualification period.

Condition to lift the sanction

In the event that, on the date the disqualification period expires, the company has not paid the imposed fine, the sanction shall remain in effect until the corresponding payment is made. To this end, Transmareli must prove payment by presenting the supporting document to the Anti-Corruption and Good Governance Secretariat, so that its record in the ComprasMX portal may be removed, without the need for the publication of another notice, pursuant to Article 90 of the Procurement Law.

The publication of this circular reinforces the sanctions regime for suppliers and contractors of the public sector and warns companies participating in federal tenders about the consequences of incurring irregularities in public procurement, while guaranteeing the transparency of the registry of disqualified persons for market operators.

Source: Official Gazette of the Federation, no. 227/2026, August 20, 2026, p. 34 (official reference: Circular SABG/420/OICCONAGUA/AR/261/2026, file PA-0001/2026).