Chile's Municipalidad de Independencia has sought 700 gift cards for vulnerable residents to buy food, cleaning products and personal-hygiene items. Tender 584264-40-LE26 was published on September 22 through Mercado Público. [S01]
Each requested card has a nominal value of CLP50,000, giving the original 700-card requirement CLP35 million of base spending value. The intended recipients include households experiencing socioeconomic hardship or social emergencies. The subsequent award adds a supplier-funded bonus to each card. [S01][S02]
The competition places substantial weight on how much usable value and acceptance a supplier can provide. Bonuses per card carry 40% of the evaluation score and coverage accounts for 30%. Delivery time represents another 10%; other criteria address contractual performance, formal requirements and supplier characteristics. [S01]
Independencia welfare gift-card tender weights
Nine criteria used to evaluate offers for food, cleaning and personal-hygiene gift cards.
% of evaluation
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Published selection weights, not supplier scores or promised bonus percentages. Award, distribution and redemption remain distinct outcomes requiring separate records.
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| Category | Evaluation weight |
|---|---|
| Bonus per card | 40 % of evaluation |
| Acceptance coverage | 30 % of evaluation |
| Delivery time | 10 % of evaluation |
| Contract performance | 5 % of evaluation |
| Sello Mujer certification | 3 % of evaluation |
| Local supplier | 3 % of evaluation |
| Formal requirements | 3 % of evaluation |
| Small-business status | 3 % of evaluation |
| Integrity and ethics | 3 % of evaluation |
Cards with validity below 12 months are grounds for rejection. The tender also rejects offers whose nominal card value is below CLP50,000. [S01]
Bids closed on September 30. The later October 16 award decree selects Sociedad de Confecciones Cler Limitada for CLP35 million, exempt from VAT, and specifies CLP50,000 plus a CLP3,000 bonus on each of the 700 cards. The competing offer was declared inadmissible because it omitted the required institutional artwork. Contract formalisation and a purchase order follow the award; completed card distribution or redemption is not established. [S02]
Independencia awarded card value components
Base load and additional bonus specified per card in the October 16 award decree.
CLP per card
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Components of the awarded benefit, giving CLP53,000 in total value per card. They are not two offers or recorded customer spending. The contract covers 700 cards and does not establish completed distribution.
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| Category | Contractual spending-value component |
|---|---|
| Base value per card | 50,000 CLP per card |
| Supplier bonus per card | 3,000 CLP per card |
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