Weekly roundup5 min readPublished September 24, 2026
Energy and climate tenders, 14–20 September 2026
The week of 14–20 September 2026 is the first with Brazil and Peru in our data, and the totals jump: 607 tenders tagged energy or climate across six countries, 4.2% of the 14,575 tenders we collected. Brazil contributed 331 of them from notices published from 17 September onward, and Colombia 164. Published values add up to about US$110 million, but fuel purchases and keyword false positives account for a large part of that figure.
| Country | Energy/climate tenders | Share of country total | Energy tag | Climate tag | Approx. value (US$) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil (from 17 Sep) | 331 | 3.7% | 196 | 139 | 62.5 million (312 with a value) |
| Colombia | 164 | 5.4% | 63 | 104 | 40.1 million (138 with a value) |
| Dominican Republic | 56 | 3.6% | 45 | 12 | 3.0 million (all 56) |
| Peru (from 17 Sep) | 40 | 7.6% | 34 | 7 | 4.6 million (2 with a value) |
| Paraguay | 12 | 3.8% | 7 | 5 | none published |
| Canada | 4 | 2.7% | 4 | 0 | none published |
Brazil
Among Brazil's largest tagged tenders, fuel dominates. Of the 16 Brazilian tenders among the week's 25 largest, ten were fuel purchases or fuel-card management contracts for public fleets, and four were vehicle-hire or school-transport contracts that include fuel. The largest tender of the week in any country, a price registration by the CONSMEPI intermunicipal consortium for heavy machinery and vehicles with drivers (BRL 120,002,439, about US$21.6 million), is equipment hire, not energy. Those four contracts alone account for about US$26.7 million of Brazil's tagged total.
The tagger also misfires often on Brazilian notices. In a random sample of 15 tagged Brazilian tenders, ten had nothing to do with energy or climate: digital certificates, telediagnosis reports, cloud hosting, military food supplies and a motorcycle for a property-tax prize draw, among others. The genuine items were smaller:
- Environmental and climate education programme for municipal schools. Buyer: Município de Tianguá (CE). BRL 5,115,266 (about US$921,000). Deadline: 1 October.
- Emergency contract for urban cleaning and solid waste management. Buyer: Município de Guaratuba. BRL 12,024,819 (about US$2.2 million). Deadline: 25 September.
- Solar PV systems for two basic health units. Buyer: Município de Capão Bonito. BRL 69,815 (about US$12,600). Deadline: 6 October.
Colombia
Colombia had 164 tagged tenders, 5.4% of its 3,061, worth about US$40.1 million where published. Two tenders make up more than half of that value: aviation fuel tendered by the Fuerza Aeroespacial Colombiana (COP 46,590,820,422, about US$11.6 million) and a large restoration project. The Corporación Autónoma Regional de los Valles del Sinú y del San Jorge (CVS) and the Departamento del Arauca posted five tagged tenders each.
- Restoration and conservation of strategic areas with under 10% forest cover in the Río Seco watershed plan (POMCA), Cundinamarca. Buyer: FonColombia. COP 45,106,904,497 (about US$11.3 million). Deadline: 10 October.
- Solar PV systems in non-interconnected areas of Pueblo Bello, Cesar. Buyer: Área Metropolitana de Valledupar (AMV). COP 9,443,936,281 (about US$2.4 million). Deadline: 13 October.
- Disaster risk studies with a climate change component in priority municipalities. Buyer: Corporación Autónoma Regional del Canal del Dique (Cardique). COP 7,407,202,974 (about US$1.9 million). Deadline: 6 October.
Peru
Peru had 40 tagged tenders out of 526, a 7.6% share and the highest of any country this week, 34 of them energy. Only two published a value. The larger is a technical file and works for a 22.9 kV distribution feeder linking the Pacarenca hydro plant to the Ticapampa substation in Recuay, Áncash, tendered by the regional power company Hidrandina for PEN 16,090,015 (about US$4.5 million). Our data has no deadline for it, so check the notice.
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic had 56 tagged tenders, 3.6% of its 1,563, worth about US$3.0 million. The Empresa de Transmisión Eléctrica Dominicana (ETED) posted nine of them (about US$178,000), more than any other buyer outside Brazil, including structural concrete for 69 kV equipment bases at the Boca Chica and Herrera Nueva substations (DOP 1,943,780, about US$31,000).
Paraguay and Canada
Paraguay had 12 tagged tenders out of 313, including SENAVE's consultancy for an environmental licence. Canada had four out of 149, all energy. No Paraguayan or Canadian tender carried a value in our data.
What's still open
The week is recent and its median bidding window was eight days, so 233 of the week's tagged tenders were still open on 24 September. The genuine ones we reviewed, by deadline:
- 25 September: Guaratuba waste management; ETED substation concrete
- 28 September: aviation fuel, Fuerza Aeroespacial Colombiana
- 29 September: SENAVE environmental licence
- 30 September: Cravo Norte solar operation and maintenance (COP 5,754,262,767, about US$1.4 million)
- 1 October: Tianguá climate education
- 5 October: S-10 diesel for the rail and road fleet of the CBTU, Brazil's urban train company (BRL 6,141,000, about US$1.1 million)
- 6 October: Cardique risk and climate studies; Capão Bonito solar
- 10 October: FonColombia restoration
- 13 October: Pueblo Bello solar
- 3 November: fuel for the Ayuntamiento Santo Domingo Este, the week's largest Dominican tender (DOP 86,016,000, about US$1.4 million)
Method and caveats
Counts cover tenders published between 14 and 20 September 2026. Colombia (SECOP II), the Dominican Republic (DGCP), Paraguay (DNCP) and Canada (CanadaBuys) are covered from 25 August. Brazil (PNCP) and Peru (OECE) are covered only from 17 September, so this week includes them only partly. Sectors are tagged automatically from keywords in the titles, so counts are approximate. USD values are approximate conversions at September 2026 rates. Status and deadlines are as of 24 September 2026; always check the official notice. More on our data in Sources.
Related pages
- Country pages: Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Peru, Paraguay, Canada
- Sectors: energy tenders and climate tenders
- Guides: selling to the government in Brazil, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Peru, Paraguay and Canada
- Trends across all countries