Peru6 min readUpdated September 24, 2026

How to sell to the government in Peru: a guide for suppliers

Who buys and where tenders are published

Peru's public buyers are the national government's ministries and agencies, regional and local governments, and every other public entity. Since 22 April 2025 the rules come from Law No. 32069, the General Public Procurement Law, and its regulation, approved by Supreme Decree No. 009-2025-EF.

Under that law, the former OSCE became the Specialised Agency for Efficient Public Procurement (OECE). OECE runs the Digital Public Procurement Platform (Pladicop), which includes SEACE (the State Electronic Procurement System) and the National Supplier Registry (RNP). Entities launch their procedures on SEACE, and suppliers use it to sign up as participants, ask questions and submit bids. Separately, the Central Public Purchasing agency (Perú Compras) manages the electronic framework-agreement catalogues.

How to register: the National Supplier Registry (RNP)

Being registered in the RNP is a requirement to supply the Peruvian state, whether you are an individual or a company, Peruvian or foreign. There are four registers: goods supplier, services supplier, works contractor and works consultant. Registration does not expire. Among the few exceptions are suppliers whose contracts do not exceed 1 UIT, Peru's tax reference unit (regulation, art. 24).

Preconditions (Peruvians and domiciled foreigners):

• A taxpayer number (RUC) that SUNAT lists as active, with a verified address ("activo y habido").
• No current debarment.
• For companies, registration with Sunarp (the public registry) and a corporate purpose that matches what you will sell.

Steps for goods and services

1. Check the requirements for your case in the RNP's procedures list (TUPA).
2. Pay the fee. For goods, or goods and services together in one payment: S/ 29 for individuals and S/ 46 for companies. You can pay through Págalo.pe, at authorised banks (Banco de la Nación, Scotiabank, BCP, BanBif) or with Yape. Depending on the payment channel, the form is enabled instantly or can take up to 2 business days. You have 90 calendar days to submit it; after that the payment lapses.
3. Submit the online form on the RNP portal with your RUC and the RNP password printed on your first payment voucher. Companies can submit from 0:00 to 16:30; outside those hours it counts as filed the next business day.
4. Wait for approval. The RNP reviews it within 2 business days at most. If it raises issues, you have 2 business days to fix them, once only; otherwise the application is treated as never filed.
5. Download your registration certificate from the RNP portal.

Works contractors and works consultants have their own registers; check their requirements in the TUPA before paying.

If you are a non-resident foreign supplier

The application goes through OECE's digital filing desk (Mesa de Partes Digital). It is filed by your legal representative or attorney in Peru, with powers recorded in Sunarp, or by one registered in your home country whose powers extend to Peru. Without a representative, it is only possible when an entity needs sophisticated goods or specialised services, and then an official of that entity files it. Your documents are checked first; then you receive a payment order (S/ 30 or S/ 33 depending on the case), a non-resident foreigner code and your RNP password.

Procurement methods

The law picks the procedure based on what is being bought and its value, using criteria set in the regulation (art. 53).

• Public tender (licitación pública): competitive procedure for goods and works (art. 54).
• Public competition (concurso público): competitive procedure for services (art. 54).
• Abbreviated and specialised variants: the regulation sets out shorter versions of the above and methods such as the electronic reverse auction, for common goods and services that have a standard technical sheet, and price comparison, where the buyer invites at least three suppliers; it only applies to goods and services on an approved list.
• Direct contracting: non-competitive, only in cases the law lists, such as emergencies, supply shortages, a single supplier or exclusive rights, or contracting with another public entity (art. 55).
• Minor contracts: contracts up to 8 UIT need no selection procedure, but must be published on the Pladicop (art. 34). On SEACE you can search them, ask questions and send quotes.
• Framework-agreement catalogues: entities buy catalogue items without a selection procedure (art. 43). To sell this way, you must be selected in the procedures run by Perú Compras.

We do not give amounts in soles: the law's limits, such as the one for minor contracts, are expressed in UIT, and the value in force when the contract is made is what counts.

How to find and follow tenders

• SEACE public search: without an account you can search procedures by entity, year and type, and read the notices of future contracting, which announce what is coming.
• To take part: log in to SEACE with your RUC and RNP password, find the procedure and choose "Registrar participación". Signing up as a participant is free and requires a current RNP registration of the type that matches what is being bought (regulation, art. 65).
• On Carbonode: the Peru page gathers procedures from OECE's open data, with translated titles and a link to the original. Always confirm dates and tender documents on SEACE.

Practical tips

• Questions and objections: the window is at least 7 business days from the day after the call (3 in abbreviated procedures). Use it: the consolidated tender documents (bases integradas) that come out of this stage are the final rules, and where they conflict with the published answers, the answers prevail.
• Bid period: in competitive procedures there must be at least 22 business days between the call and bid submission, except in abbreviated variants. If the entity published a notice of future contracting 40 days ahead, the period can be shortened, but never below 10 calendar days.
• Schedule: extensions and postponements are recorded by changing the schedule on the Pladicop. Check it before every stage.
• Language: bids must be in Spanish or translated by a sworn or certified translator. Technical brochures, catalogues and manuals may stay in their original language.
• Time zone: deadlines run on Lima time (UTC−5). If you bid from abroad, convert carefully.
• RUC and password: the RNP requires an active, verified RUC to register and for later changes such as adding categories. Keep your RNP password safe: you need it to log in to SEACE.

Official sources

• Law No. 32069 and its regulation (OECE) (Spanish)
• OECE starts operating as the new law takes effect (Spanish)
• Registering in the National Supplier Registry (RNP) (Spanish)
• RNP registration as a goods supplier (Spanish)
• RNP registration for non-resident foreigners (Spanish)
• Accessing SEACE as a supplier (Spanish)
• Searching public entities' selection procedures (Spanish)

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