Women in Public Procurement
Public procurement: a tool to boost women’s economic empowerment Dominican Republic launches initiatives to promote women-owned MSMEs in public procurement
Empowering women in Dominican Republic Since
September
2012,
the
General
Directorate
of
Public
Procurement has designed and implemented policies and programs to contribute to women's economic empowerment, using public procurement as a tool to promote the economic empowerment of women and the development of micro, small and medium sized enterprises (MSMEs), as well as the country’s productive sectors.
AMOUNT AWARDED TO WOMEN* 2005 - Aug. 2012
Sept. 2012 - Dec. 2017
US$ 140 M
US$ 1.1 B
US$ 1,258,654,798 PERFORMANCE OF THE PROCUREMENT REGISTRY: WOMEN ENROLLED 99
2005
276
449
2006 2007
150
427
452
553
1,466
3,243
2,953
1,833
1,612
1,623
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2,812
12,324
US$ 1.118 B* (89%) btwn sept. 2012 & dec. 2017
US$ 126 M*
awarded to women in 2017 only
12,324 women enrolled in the Public Procurement Registry between September 2012 and December 2017,reaching a total of 15,136 women ever registered. This represents a growth of over 400% in five years. Mostly, women are micro entrepreneurs who own family businesses and seek to develop their enterprises to carry forward their families and their communities.
Dominican Republic’s public procurement in stats Awarded to women:
76,330
(69%)
71,664
contracts, purchase orders & services between Sept. 2012 - Dec. 2017, for a total of
110,509
15,136
8,841 556
14%
Total suppliers
Women suppliers
Women enrolled as a natural person
Women enrolled as MSMEs as certified** by the Ministry of Industry & Commerce
332 Microentrepreneurs
26%
148 Small entrepreneurs
60%
76 Medium-sized enterprises
(**) = The MIC certifies ellegible MSMEs to provide access to public funding, grants & other benefits
Women and productive sectors The sectors where the registry has experienced growth respond to government's policies of turning public procurement into a tool for the development of women and their enterprises. By December 2017, 15.136 women registered as State's suppliers. Of a total of 55 activities, 6 have over 5,000 registered as women-run and women-owned micro, small, medium or natural person enterprises.
AWARDS TO WOMEN BY PRODUCTIVE SECTOR*
Food & Surveillance Medical beverages & security supplies, pharma, labs
Furniture
School Transport & Consulting supplies maintenance
PROCUREMENT REGISTRY: ACTIVITIES WITH THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF WOMEN ENROLLED 8,551
6,738
6,319
Industrial Research Mining, production & Engineering Petroleum manufacturing & tech gas
5,874
5,642
5,597
Household Building Construction supplies & maintenace supplies
US$ 18 M
US$ 9 M
US$ 17 M
US$ 99 K
US$ 25 MM
US$ 2 MM
US$ 31 MM
Sept 2012 - Dec 2017
US$ 7 M
US$ 36 M
US$ 2 M
US$ 40 MM
US$ 21 MM
US$ 47 M
US$ 1.9 M
US$ 107 M
US$ 46 M
2005 - Aug 2012
Textiles
Women in construction In construction alone, women were awarded US $889 M between September 2012 and December 2017, for an increase of 594% in five years.
36,016
Total suppliers enrolled in the contruction sector
24,298 Active suppliers in construction
7,582 Women enrolled in the construction sector SUPPLIERS BY GENTED CONSTRUCTION SECTOR* 7,582
26,441
1,993
Female
Male
Not specified
What is the category preferred by women in the construction sector?
Professional Enginneering Services
The amount of women trained in public procurement surpasses that of men by
12% Training
15,046 women trained, between September 2012 & December 2017 from a total of
28,417 people
Trainings on DR’s eProcurement system
3,924 women trained on using eProcurement from a total of
6,872
57%
people
2,936 male 3,924 female
43%
Opportunities throughout the country When speaking about women's contract awards around the country, between September 2012 & December 2017 69% of the awarding was carried out in the Distrito Nacional and 19% in the province of Santo Domingo. Government policies have stimulated the level of provincial engagement of women throughout the territory, with a very favorable percentage growth in five years.
PROVINCES WITH THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF WOMEN SUPPLIERS
PROVINCES WITH THE LOWEST NUMBER OF WOMEN SUPPLIERS
Distrito Nacional 6,822
Pedernales
11
Santo Domingo
Independencia
17
3,687
Santiago
992
Elías Piña
21
San Cristóbal
424
San José de Ocoa
33
La Vega
375
Stgo. Rodríguez
37
Duarte
324
Dajabón
41
San Juan de la Maguana Province with the greatest growth in awards to women
US$ 9.61 MM
between Sept. 2012 & Dec. 2017
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(*) = Exchange rate as of Dec. 2017 (US$1 = RD$48.1989) as announced by the Dominican Republic’s Central Bank http://bit.ly/2D7MW3i
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