IDB-Financed Procurement Opportunities – Projects in Uruguay

Opportunities to explore during your trip to Punta del Este · Information document · October 2026

Uruguay offers a concrete portfolio of infrastructure projects financed by the IDB. Take advantage of your trip to learn about them and explore business opportunities.

UR-L1215 · Third 500 kV corridor Chamberlain – Cardal – PandoOPEN TENDER · UTE
WHAT IT’S ABOUT Turnkey tender for a new transmission line and its substations, to strengthen the grid’s capacity, reliability and resilience, and to enable more renewable generation and new demand.KEY FACTS • US$140 M IDB + US$140 M EIB (proposed financing; the IDB loan had not been approved when the notice was issued) • Item I: ~267 km of 500 kV double-circuit line (up to 60 months) • Item II: new 500 kV Pando substation (up to 42 months) • Item III: expansion of the Chamberlain and Cardal substations (up to 42 months) • Open to foreign companies; consortia accepted; bids in Spanish via electronic portal; requires RUPE registration (Uruguay’s state supplier registry) • Bid deadline: January 25, 2027, 1:00 p.m. (Uruguay time)COMPANY PROFILE • EPC / turnkey contractors in electrical infrastructure • Specialists in extra-high-voltage lines and substations • Manufacturers and integrators of high-voltage equipment • Consortia combining international technology with execution capacity in Uruguay
UR-L1206 · Más Seguridad I (More Security I)UNDER EXECUTION · MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR
WHAT IT’S ABOUT Program to improve the effectiveness of the prison system and strengthen police investigation: safer prison intake, better crime investigation, and competency-based police training.KEY FACTS • US$25 M of IDB financing · Loan 6071/OC-UR • New Assessment and Referral Center in Durazno (design, construction and equipment), focused on women • Prison security equipment: body and baggage scanners, access and visitor control • Police investigation platforms, forensic equipment and technology for Cybercrime • Infrastructure and equipment for police training • Future procurement (works, goods, services and consulting); not a specific invitation to bidCOMPANY PROFILE • Construction, design-build and engineering firms • Suppliers and integrators of scanning, access control and visitor management • Forensic, cybersecurity, data and critical IT infrastructure providers • Educational equipment and education technology • Program management, training, audit and evaluation consultancies
UR-L1189 and UR-L1183 · Drinking water, sanitation and drainagePROCESSES AT VARIOUS STAGES
WHAT IT’S ABOUT Two operations to expand and rehabilitate sanitation and drainage networks in Montevideo, and to treat drinking water and remove arsenic from water in towns in the interior of the country.KEY FACTS • 2 loans: UR-L1183 sanitation (5410/OC-UR) and UR-L1189 drinking water (5760/OC-UR) • Montevideo: collectors, rehabilitation of the Arteaga Network, pumping stations (Bola de Nieve, Batlle Berres) and Sanitation Monitoring Center • Drinking-water treatment in 9 localities and arsenic adsorption systems in 12 localities in central Uruguay and the southern coast • Processes planned, ongoing, awarded and under execution; not a specific invitation to bidCOMPANY PROFILE • Contractors for hydraulic, sanitary and electromechanical works • Suppliers and integrators of treatment plants, pumps, piping, sensors and automation • Specialists in reverse osmosis, adsorption and arsenic removal • Engineering, supervision, asset management and environmental consulting firms