Colombia’s national disaster-risk fund buys in a market shaped by urgent needs, supply arrangements and works contracts. FNGRD’s published opportunities include emergency assistance and procurement titles that can place very different commercial demands on bidders. The latest notice sits at an unusual distance from the buyer’s ordinary notice size.
KEY NUMBERS
Published on 2026-08-24, the notice titled “O NEIL VLADIMIR ACERO PEÑA” carries an advertised value of 120000000000 COP. Its closing date is not published. That makes the opportunity visible as a major planned procurement, while leaving the timetable for supplier action unresolved in the available notice information.
The comparison is with FNGRD’s median notice of 142140000 COP across 289 other notices. At 844 times that median, the figure signals a procurement whose scope, delivery requirements or contract structure may differ sharply from the buyer’s usual opportunities. The comparison concerns advertised scale, not an award or payment.
The comparison above shows the 120000000000 COP notice standing far above the centre of FNGRD’s other published opportunities. The median provides a useful baseline because it is less affected by unusually large notices than a simple average would be. The notice’s advertised value is also 0.1 of the combined value of everything else, as defined in the supplied comparison.
| Notice | Published | Value |
|---|---|---|
| O NEIL VLADIMIR ACERO PEÑA | 2026-08-24 | 120,000,000,000 COP |
| ORDEN DE PROVEEDURIA SUMINISTRO | 2026-08-28 | 358,380,000,000 COP |
| 9677-PPAL022-473-2026; | 2026-08-18 | 220,933,268,496 COP |
| 9677-PPAL001-109-2026 | 2026-07-16 | 144,120,900,000 COP |
| ADQUISICIÓN DE ASISTENCIA HUMANITARIA DE EMERGENCIA (AHE); D | 2026-08-31 | 55,060,586,000 COP |
| CONTRATO DE OBRA 9677-CV020-1222-2023 | 2026-09-04 | 37,383,177,570 COP |
For bidders, the procurement mechanism matters: an advertised value sets the opportunity’s stated ceiling or planned amount at notice stage, but it does not establish what will be awarded. Framework ceilings are excluded from these figures. Businesses assessing the notice therefore need to separate the headline amount from the final contract value and check the scope, eligibility conditions, delivery obligations and any later award information.
The comparison concerns advertised scale, not an award or payment.
WHY IT MATTERS
A notice that sits 844 times above FNGRD’s median changes how firms should read the opportunity. It may require different capacity, financing, logistics or consortium arrangements from the buyer’s routine notices, but the advertised figure alone does not prove that the full amount will be awarded. Comparing notice value with the buyer’s median is a transferable screening method for identifying opportunities that need closer review.
Data: Otnox — live procurement intelligence across 56 markets. Basis: 290 distinct priced notices published by FONDO NACIONAL DE GESTIÓN DEL RIESGO DE DESASTRES – FNGRD in the last 180 days, values as advertised, 2026-03-18..2026-09-14. Reproducible in the Otnox platform.
