26. Is there a ban on donors to political parties/candidates participating in public tender/procurement processes?

Ley de Contrataciones (TUO de la Ley Nº 30225, aprobado por Decreto Supremo Nº  082-2019-EF, publicado el 13 marzo 2019).                                                                          

"Artículo 11. Impedimento
11.1 Cualquiera sea el régimen legal de contratación aplicable, están impedidos de ser participantes, postores, contratistas y/o subcontratistas, incluso en las contrataciones a que se refiere el literal a) del artículo 5 de la presente Ley [iguales o menores a 8 UIT], las siguientes personas:
r) Las personas jurídicas nacionales o extranjeras que hubiesen efectuado aportes a organizaciones políticas durante un proceso electoral, por todo el período de gobierno representativo y dentro de la circunscripción en la cual la organización política beneficiada con el aporte ganó el proceso electoral que corresponda” .

Law for Public Procurement (TUO from Law Nº 30225, approved by Supreme Decree Nº 082-2019-EF, published on March 13th, 2019). 

"Article 11. impairment                                                                                  

11.1 With any legal regime of public procurement, there is an impairment to be participants, bidders, contractors or sub-contractors, even in the public procurement in article 5 literal a) of this Law [equal or below 8 UIT], for the following people:  (...)                                                                                                            

r) National or foreign legal persons that had contributed to political organizations during an electoral process, while the whole period of the representative government and within the circunscription in which the political organization that was benefitted with the contribution won the correspondent electoral process (...)".

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A TUO is a "Texto Único Ordenado", which is a Supreme Decree, issued by the Executive Branch, that compiles all the modifications made to a law in a new adapted version (sometimes even changing the article numbering).                                                                                               

Article 5-a of the Law refers to public procurement equal or below 8 UIT. A UIT which is a tributary unit equals 4,400 soles in 2021. Therefore, even if a public procurement is equal or below 35,200 soles, donors are forbiden to participate.                                                                              

 This impairment was incorporated by article 3 from Law N° 30689, published on November 30th, 2017.

Since 2017 (by Law 30689), legal persons are banned from contributions to political parties. However, a prior law in public procurement established specific bans on donors participating in public procurement processes. National or foreign legal persons that had contributed to political organizations in an electoral process are banned to be participants, bidders, contractors or sub-contractors, during the term of office and within the territorial constituency in which the political organization that was benefitted with the contribution won the  electoral process.