Vialidad tenders consultancy for the fiscal inspection of the Quilo Bridge in Ancud

The Roads Directorate of the Ministry of Public Works has called for a public tender for the consultancy for the fiscal inspection of the completion of the replacement of the Quilo Bridge, on Route W-20, commune of Ancud, Los Lagos Region. The notice was published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Chile No. 44,562, on Wednesday, September 30, 2026, Section IV, under the official reference CVE 2879386. The official budget for the contract amounts to $1,130,220,000 excluding VAT, and the reception of technical and economic bids closes on October 27, 2026.

The call is channeled through the platform www.mercadopublico.cl, where interested parties must download the bidding documents following this publication. The contract corresponds to the supervision of the bridge replacement, which has a length of 180 meters, and includes sanitation works, road safety, fluvial works, and other associated works. The process identification in the portal is 5048-63-O126, with work ID 5048-15-O126, contract code SAFI 426.952, and code BIP 30121997-0.

Budget, term, and contracting modality

• Official budget: $1,130,220,000 excluding VAT; $1,344,961,800 including VAT.
• Financing: sectoral.
• Type of contracting: unit prices, with adjustment according to CPI variation.
• Execution term: 28 months.

The unit price modality with CPI adjustment implies that payments are calculated based on the quantities actually executed, updated according to the index variation, a common scheme in medium and long-term roadwork contracts. The 28-month term defines the horizon of the consultancy for the fiscal inspection, which accompanies the execution of the works until their completion.

Requirements to participate

To apply, companies must download the bidding documents and prove current registration in the MOP Registry, in specialty 7.1 Road Works and Airports, in the First Superior category. This requirement restricts competition to consultancies and engineering firms with accredited experience before the Ministry of Public Works in the supervision of large-scale road works.

Process calendar

• Inquiries: 06-10-2026 at 16:00 hrs.
• Responses: 16-10-2026 at 20:00 hrs.
• Clarifications: 26-10-2026 at 20:00 hrs.
• Closing of technical and economic bid reception: 27-10-2026 at 10:30 hrs.
• Opening of the technical bid: 27-10-2026 at 11:00 hrs.
• Opening of the economic bid: 10-11-2026 at 12:00 hrs.

The calendar concentrates inquiries in the first week of October and sets the closing of applications for the end of that month, with the economic opening already in November. The publication of the notice in the Official Gazette constitutes the milestone that enables the download of the terms and conditions from the public procurement portal.

The tender is relevant to the public works consulting market because it opens a supervision contract of nearly two and a half years on a key connectivity route for northern Chiloé. For the Dirección de Vialidad, external consultancy for the fiscal inspection is the formula used to ensure technical and financial control over the completion of a road infrastructure project with high local impact.

Source: Official Gazette of the Republic of Chile, No. 44,562, Wednesday, September 30, 2026, Section IV, page 1 (official reference: CVE 2879386).