Tender work in Uruguay. Signed by you.

How filing works in Uruguay

The company presses submit. You do the rest. In Uruguay, RUPE and SICE have a single supplier login with a second factor. You don't file on the portal: you do the registrations, certificates and attested documents in your own name, prepare the bid, and can guide the client through the submission.

Guided filing sessions are paid work too: you sit with the client’s signatory, file by file, until the receipt is saved. Nobody ever uses the client’s login or signature.

Rules we follow in Uruguay

• Escribano Público (Uruguayan notary) and the home-country notary for…. Notarial certification needs the signer before the notary, or an electronic route through the Sistema Notarial Electrónico. The escribano cannot sign for the client. RUPE validation itself is done by the contracting agency's state escribano, not the supplier's.
• Traductor Público (sworn/public translator). The state escribano may accept an unofficial translation for pre-validation, but the final documents need an official translation.
• Contador Público. Signs only their own professional reports. Does not use the client's RUPE or SICE credentials.
• Abogado. Signing administrative appeals as counsel (firma letrada) is standard Uruguayan practice; the exact rule was not verified here.
• Bank (fianza o aval bancario) or insurer (póliza de seguro de fianza). Issued in the bidder's name at its request.
• Representante técnico (engineer or architect with a Universidad de…. Foreign firms need a representative whose title has been revalidated.
• Representante de firmas extranjeras (registered under Ley 16.497). Only Uruguay-domiciled persons who habitually and autonomously promote foreign firms' sales for a commission must register. A commission-based representative is a commercial agent, so disclose any fee-sharing.
• Bid consultant (asesor de licitaciones). SICE online bidding uses one supplier-level password plus 2FA linked to the RUPE main e-mail, so the bid writer cannot log in as the supplier.