More than 2,300 paralyzed works will be unblocked with a new law approved by Congress

The new General Law of Public Procurement recently approved by the Congress of the Republic will allow the project cycle to be accelerated and unblock paralyzed works throughout the country, which in total amount – as of the first quarter of this year – 2,324 for an investment amount of 33 thousand 167 million soles.

This was revealed by the president of the Peruvian Consulting Association (APC), Elías Tapia Julca, who said that what the new state procurement law seeks is not only to unblock them, but also to avoid stoppages by simplifying the management of works.

In that sense, he highlighted that the complementary provision modifying the new norm establishes that as soon as it is promulgated, and without having to wait for the regulation to be issued, the modification of Law 31589 will come into force, which seeks to reactivate paralyzed public works in the country. .

“This complementary provision clearly indicates that immediately after the law is approved, entities can contract the balance of work, under the design and construction modality, whether by competition, offer, or turnkey, which is a great success,” he stressed, during the “Conference analysis and comments on the new State Contracting Law”, held at the College of Engineers of Peru.

“This means that, with this rule, we will be able to more quickly execute the balances of the works in favor of more Peruvians who are clamoring for better road infrastructure, better hospitals and health centers, and modern schools,” he emphasized.

On the other hand, Elías Tapia, specialist in contracting issues, added that among the negative aspects contained in the new State procurement law is the implementation of the Dispute Resolution Board (JRD) for service contracts. The JRD for goods, services and works was included in the initial bill that was submitted to Congress. In the approved text it is included only for supplies and works, and not for works consultancy.

He pointed out that the JRD mechanism is currently successful, because it resolves disputes in a maximum of 75 days and with this the speed of construction has been achieved. “Unfortunately, with the approved standard we will not be able to achieve speed in the project cycle because we will have to wait 3 or 4 years for the arbitration awards to resolve the problems of the pre-investment studies and to resolve the problems of the studies.” definitive,” he stressed