Los Lagos Road Authority tenders consultancy for road conservation in Chiloé

The Roads Directorate of the Los Lagos Region, under the Ministry of Public Works, has opened a public tender to contract technical and administrative consultancy for the fiscal inspection of road conservation in the province of Chiloé, in the communes of Castro and Dalcahue. The estimated budget for the contract amounts to $666,000,000 and bids will be received until September 29, 2026, according to the notice published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Chile (No. 44,534, Wednesday, August 26, 2026, Section IV, page 1, CVE 2859912).

The call is processed through the www.mercadopublico.cl platform, with identifier 1896-26-O126 and SAFI contract code 431.715. The call corresponds to Stage II of the road conservation program for the province of Chiloé and is funded with sectoral resources.

Object and scope of the contract

The contract involves the hiring of technical and administrative consultancy services for the Fiscal Inspection of the Mixed Global Road Conservation contract by Service Level and by Unit Price Series. This is a support assignment for the supervision of road maintenance works in the communes of Castro and Dalcahue, in the Los Lagos Region.

• Type of contracting: unit price series, with CPI adjustment.
• Term: 35 months.
• Funding: sectoral.
• Estimated budget: $666,000,000.

Requirements and calendar

To participate, interested parties must download the bidding documents from the www.mercadopublico.cl portal and have a current registration in the Registry 7.1 Road Works and Airports, First Category. The notice sets a calendar with the following stages:

• Inquiries: until September 3, 2026, at 5:00 PM.
• Responses: September 10, 2026, at 8:00 PM.
• Closing of technical and economic bid reception: September 29, 2026, at 8:00 AM.
• Opening of the technical bid: September 29, 2026, at 9:00 AM.
• Opening of the economic bid: October 6, 2026, at 9:00 AM.

The acquisition of the bidding terms is free of charge from the date of publication of the notice, by downloading the documents from the public procurement portal.

Relevance for the region

The tender reinforces the supervision capacity of the Road Directorate over the road network of the province of Chiloé, an insular area with high connectivity demand. The contracting of advisory services for the fiscal inspection will allow for technical and administrative monitoring of the conservation works in Castro and Dalcahue, ensuring compliance with the committed service levels. For companies in the road sector, the call represents an opportunity to be awarded a multi-year contract of 35 months, with a budget exceeding $666 million.

Source: Official Gazette of the Republic of Chile, No. 44,534, Wednesday, August 26, 2026, Section IV (Tenders, Contests, Summons, and Loss of Documents), page 1 (official reference: CVE 2859912).