Paraíso opens bidding for the design of its new academic school

The Educational Board of the Colegio Académico de Paraíso is keeping open Minor Tender No. 000001-2026 to contract professional design services for the new educational center of this Cartago canton. The reception of bids will close at 11:00 hours on October 2, 2026, a date confirmed in the erratum published in La Gaceta No. 178 on Tuesday, September 22, 2026. The procedure is governed by the original notice disseminated in La Gaceta No. 172 on Friday, September 11, 2026.

The announcement appears in the Public Procurement section of the official gazette and corresponds to a minor tender, a figure provided for lower-value contracts within the Costa Rican administrative procurement regime. The call is signed by Luis Adán Ponce Murillo, president of the Educational Board, the body that manages the school’s resources and acts as the contracting unit.

The contractual object is the hiring of professional services for the design phase of the new Colegio Académico de Paraíso, therefore the competition is aimed at architecture and engineering firms and independent professionals in the sector. The bidding documents are requested by email at 3008795815@junta.mep.go.cr, and from the time of publication, a list of potential bidders will be compiled to communicate relevant information regarding the process.

Opening of bids at the Directorate of Educational Infrastructure

The erratum of September 22 specified the location of the opening act: it will take place at the facilities of the Directorate of Educational Infrastructure (DIE), in San José, El Carmen district, former American Embassy, second floor, Department of Works Development. The deadline date and time remain at 11:00 hours on October 2, 2026, and the rest of the conditions of the tender remain unchanged.

Key dates and data of the procedure

• Procedure: Minor Tender No. 000001-2026.
• Object: professional services for the design of the new educational center, Colegio Académico de Paraíso.
• Convener: Educational Board of the Colegio Académico de Paraíso, presided over by Luis Adán Ponce Murillo.
• Bidding documents: 3008795815@junta.mep.go.cr.
• Reception of bids: until 11:00 hours on October 2, 2026.
• Opening act: Directorate of Educational Infrastructure (DIE), San José, El Carmen district, former American Embassy, second floor, Department of Works Development.
• Original publication: La Gaceta No. 172, September 11, 2026 (reference IN202601125986).
• Erratum: La Gaceta No. 178, September 22, 2026 (reference IN202601127741).

An open market for architecture and engineering firms

The call for bids does not specify an estimated amount or an execution timeframe for the design in the notice; this data is reserved for the specifications document requested via email. Nor was a mandatory site visit announced, unlike other educational infrastructure procedures published in the same edition of the official gazette.

For architecture and engineering firms in the region, the tender represents a concrete public contracting opportunity for an educational infrastructure project, with a submission deadline expiring in less than two weeks. Interested parties must request the bidding documents and prepare their offer before the closing date of October 2, considering that the only modification introduced so far refers to the opening site and not to the participation requirements.

Source: La Gaceta, No. 178, Tuesday, September 22, 2026, Corrigendum, page 2 (official reference: IN202601127741).