Since July 3, EL TIEMPO revealed the names of the companies behind a 223 billion peso contract for the migration of the data center of the affiliates of the Colombian Pension Administrator (Colpensiones). In addition, the entity decided to postpone that massive transfer of information due to doubts from different stakeholders.
Now, this newspaper exclusively established that the same entity is preparing another millionaire contract, this time for oversight, to supervise the operation of that data center, which includes monitoring all platforms and applications used by Colpensiones users.
One day before the change of Government
At the time, the senator from the National Salvation party, Enrique Gómez, warned that the companies forming the winning temporary union have grown in the shadow of the Petro government and that with the business, pension assignments could even be made with false information.
And El TIEMPO investigated and established that behind the millionaire contract – with an execution period until December 2029 – was the Temporary Union Integral Data Center Management 2025, formed by The It Experts SAS – which appears in other last-minute tenders -, Rit Enterprise Solutions SAS and IOGestión SAS, which according to contractual files held by this newspaper have had contracts with entities such as the Special Jurisdiction for Peace, the ICBF, and even the Military Forces Retirement Fund.
However, in what those close to the entity describe as ‘the farewell of Colpensiones director Jaime Dussán’ – a contract for more than 15 billion pesos is being prepared for the oversight of the new data center’s operation.
This is a special regime contract (with offers) for 15.462 billion pesos, which according to the schedule published on the public procurement platform SECOP will be signed next August 6 at 8 in the morning, one day before Abelardo De La Espriella takes office as president of Colombia.
‘Limited Professionals’
EL TIEMPO accessed the preliminary study justifying the contract, which states that for the structuring of the 223 billion process for the data center migration, it had the support of specialized consulting that recommended Colpensiones to carry out the control of the transfer of affiliate information through a specialized oversight firm.
“In order to guarantee compliance with the deadlines set both in this Strategy and in the Planning presented by the new Data Center Services Provider and its subsequent operation,” reads the preliminary study.
Furthermore, they indicated that for the operation of the data center, it was determined that due to the magnitude of the contracted services, the installed operational capacity of the Information Technology Management and the Technology Infrastructure Directorate was exceeded.
And they assured that this department, responsible for monitoring the data center, has a limited number of specialized professionals and that they had an analyst team whose role corresponds to a basic technical level.
For now, those interested in the process have until next Monday, July 27, at 3 in the afternoon to submit their offers.
(Consult all articles from EL TIEMPO’s Investigative Unit here)
However, EL TIEMPO investigated and established that observations have been submitted requesting an extension of that deadline and that Colpensiones clarify the expected scope of the oversight.
This newspaper contacted Jaime Dussán to ask him why the oversight contract will be signed 24 hours before the change of Government, but he had not responded by the close of this edition.
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