San Miguelito will rent tax collection

He Municipality of San Miguelito will spend about $4 million to hire a firm that will increase tax collections in the district.

At the end of the working day last Friday, this contest for the best value was posted on the Panama Compra portal, whose goal is engage the services of a company specialized in billing managementcollection of municipal rates, taxes and contributions.

The tender reference price is for 3 million 799 thousand 979 dollars and 90 cents ($3,799,979.90) and the previous meeting is scheduled for October 17, while the opening of economic offers is scheduled for November 24.

In the document on the positions of the public act, it is stated that the purpose of the contract is to define actions aimed at increase in municipal revenues in order to return to the municipality’s own powers.

The interest is increase your collection in an important way to face the new challenges and goals of the municipality, which has the second largest population in the country.

It is specified that the contractor must pay for the necessary technological tools for the service it will provide and if there is a need for their integration with the municipality’s systems, it must bear the costs.

Companies that want to compete must prove Your experience with at least two contractsin which the end client is a public entity or a private company based in the country.

He San Miguelito Municipal Council approved on August 31 to Mayor Héctor Valdés Carrasquilla to continue the recruitment.

The council’s decision is based on a comprehensive technical report that it determines shortcomings of the current municipal collection methodology.

This year the municipality manages a Budget of 34.6 million dollarsof which funds for decentralization are 7.2 million dollars.