La Araucanía tenders the design for the school replacement in Collipulli

The Architecture Directorate of the Araucanía Region, under the Ministry of Public Works, has opened a digital public tender for the design adaptation of the replacement of the Miguel Huentelen School, in the commune of Collipulli. The notice was published in Section IV of the Official Gazette of the Republic of Chile on Monday, October 19, 2026, under the official reference CVE 2886919.

An electronic process on Mercado Público

The process will be carried out entirely electronically through the platform www.mercadopublico.cl, as stated in the notice signed by the Regional Ministerial Secretary of Public Works of the Araucanía Region. The technical and administrative background information has been available on that portal since October 19, 2026, and the document specifies that the sale of background documents and the delivery of physical bidding terms do not apply.

The official identifiers of the call are:

• Contract number: 426591.
• Mercado Público ID: 826-9-O126.
• Object: design adaptation of the replacement of the Miguel Huentelen School, Collipulli.

Requirements for interested consulting firms

The call is addressed exclusively to consulting firms registered in the MOP Registry, with the specialty and category required by the call:

• Area: 6. Architecture and Urbanism.
• Specialty: 6.1 Architectural Works.
• Minimum category: 2nd category or higher.

The notice does not detail investment amounts or execution deadlines for the work; therefore, economic and technical information must be consulted in the bidding terms available on the public procurement portal.

Process Calendar

The schedule set in the notice establishes the following stages and dates:

• Site visit (optional): October 27, 2026, at 12:00 PM, at Public Road R-23, Km 14.2, Maica Sector, commune of Collipulli.
• Deadline for inquiries: November 2, 2026, until 2:00 PM.
• Deadline for responses and clarifications: November 12, 2026.
• Closing for receipt of technical and economic bids: November 20, 2026, at 8:00 AM.
• Opening of technical bids: November 20, 2026, at 9:00 AM.
• Opening of economic bids: November 27, 2026, at 9:00 AM.

The site visit will take place in the sector where the establishment is located, at kilometer 14.2 of road R-23, allowing consulting firms to become familiar with the conditions of the property before preparing their proposals.

Impact for the school community

The replacement of the Miguel Huentelen School is a project awaited by the school community of Collipulli, and this design adaptation stage constitutes the prior technical step to finalize the intervention. For consulting firms in the sector, the call represents a limited opportunity: only companies registered in the MOP Registry in the area of Architecture and Urbanism, with category 2nd or higher, may apply, and the closing of offers is set for November 20, 2026.

Source: Official Gazette of the Republic of Chile, No. 44,577, Monday, October 19, 2026, Section IV (Tenders, competitions, summons, and loss of documents), p. 1 (official reference: CVE 2886919).