The backbone of public procurement in Colombia is still Law 80 of 1993, Law 1150 of 2007 and Decree 1082 of 2015. But the framework has been reinforced by recent pieces worth keeping on the radar.
**Decree 1600 of 2024 — National Anti-Corruption Strategy.** It implements article 200 of Law 2294 of 2023 (the National Development Plan). Its main lines include transparency in procurement and public management, stronger citizen oversight, access to public information and whistleblower protection. On procurement, it requires publishing detailed information on every contract — value, subject matter, the contractor's identity and a direct link to the process on SECOP — which raises the standard of traceability that tools like LuxIA draw on to detect risk signals.
**Mandatory SECOP II.** Colombia Compra Eficiente reiterated by external circular that SECOP II is mandatory as the transactional platform. Migration away from SECOP I — which is purely a publication channel, not a transactional one — aims to close grey areas and leave a complete trail of the electronic file.
**A new Procurement Manual (2025).** The Agency published an updated version of its Procurement Manual, a comprehensive guide for entities to structure and run their processes in line with the statute and the standard bidding documents.
**What it means for oversight groups, suppliers and entities.** More public and mandatory data means more raw material for oversight. For the supplier, mandatory SECOP II means the radar of opportunities is steadily more complete. For the entity, Decree 1600 raises the bar for what has to be published: it is worth checking that the annual procurement plan, the preliminary studies and the contracts are traceable and linked to one another.
*Analysis based on public regulations. LuxIA detects statistical indicators; it does not determine legal liability.*