Dominican Republic Sets Public Review of Procurement Risk and Trust Rules

The Dominican Republic's public procurement regulator has scheduled two public consultations beginning November 5 on proposed rules governing risk controls in state contracting and the registration of suppliers to public trusts, according to separate official notices dated October 29.

The Dirección General de Contrataciones Públicas (DGCP) is inviting comments on a draft regulation for regulatory compliance and risk management in public procurement until November 27. A second consultation, concerning the special State Supplier Registry rules for public trusts, runs until November 20. Both windows begin on November 5, the notices say.

The first proposal covers the framework for compliance units and officers, due diligence, reporting channels and certification of procurement operating units. The second concerns how the Registro de Proveedores del Estado, or RPE, would operate for public trusts. Both are described as implementing the country's Law 47-25 on public procurement and its general implementing regulation, Decree 52-26.

The DGCP says individuals, state suppliers, public institutions and other interested parties may submit observations through its public-consultation portal, through the government's Transdoc digital correspondence system or at the regulator's central office. The official notices set 15 business days for the risk-management proposal and 10 business days for the public-trust registry proposal.

The dates matter because the consultations concern the procedures used to identify procurement risks, handle complaints and determine supplier eligibility in public-sector purchasing. The notices establish a public opportunity to comment; they do not mean either proposed regulation has been adopted, that an existing supplier has breached the rules, or that a specific procurement contract has been questioned.

The new consultations follow broader implementation of Law 47-25. In August, Dominican outlet RNN reported the DGCP's announcement that it had preventively suspended 81 state-supplier registrations associated with elected or appointed officials during 2026 under the law's incompatibility rules. Those reported administrative suspensions are separate from the two draft regulations now under consultation and are not findings of criminal guilt.

The regulator says it will examine and weigh comments received. The next verifiable steps are publication of the final regulatory texts, any changes made after consultation, and subsequent enforcement guidance. The full draft texts are designated for the DGCP's consultation portal; the two October 29 public notices independently specify the subject matter and the different comment deadlines.