Data story · DNCP award notices · Nov 2024 – Oct 2026
16,731 awards in Paraguay went to 2,781 suppliers from November 2024 to October 2026. 62% of the 2,781 suppliers won two or more awards. The top 1% of suppliers won 14% of the awards, below the median across the 39 countries with a story: 19%.
By number of awards, the top 1% hold 14%. By stated value, the top 1% hold 37%. No supplier won more than 1% of the awards. DATA SYSTEMS SA EMISORA DE CAPITAL ABIERTO won the most: 245.
- Awards
- 16,731
- Contract awards from Nov 2024 – Oct 2026, each counted once.
- Winning suppliers
- 2,781
- Suppliers with one or more awards, counted by normalised name.
- Won one award
- 38%
- Share of winning suppliers with exactly one award.
- Top 1% of suppliers
- 14%
- Share of awards won by the 27 suppliers with the most awards.
- Gini coefficient
- 0.64
- Inequality of awards across suppliers: 0 = each wins the same number, 1 = one supplier wins all.
- Stated value (PYG)
- PYG 39.7 trillion
- From the 98% of awards that state an amount, capped at the 99.9th percentile.
- Top 1% by stated value
- 37%
- Share of stated value won by the top 1% of suppliers by value.
How the awards spread across suppliers
Paraguay ranks 16th of 48 countries for the Gini coefficient and 32nd for the top 1% share. 1st is the most concentrated.
Who wins the most awards
| # | Supplier | Awards | Share of awards | Stated value (PYG) | Share of value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DATA SYSTEMS SA EMISORA DE CAPITAL ABIERTO | 245 | 1% | 163 billion | under 1% |
| 2 | EMPORIO FERRETERIA S.R.L. | 147 | under 1% | 5.05 billion | under 1% |
| 3 | INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CONSULTING SUPPORT SOCIEDAD ANONIMA | 118 | under 1% | 79.9 billion | under 1% |
| 4 | FRANCISCO SABINO ROTELA LOPEZ | 110 | under 1% | 5.12 billion | under 1% |
| 5 | PRINTEC SA | 106 | under 1% | 33.5 billion | under 1% |
| 6 | ING. ROBERTO RODRIGUEZ ARIAS | 101 | under 1% | 10.5 billion | under 1% |
| 7 | FERNANDO RAFAEL BENEGAS ALVAREZ | 84 | under 1% | 26.8 billion | under 1% |
| 8 | PARAGUAY INSUMOS .COM S.A | 82 | under 1% | 2.73 billion | under 1% |
| 9 | WINNER S. R. L. | 80 | under 1% | 46.0 billion | under 1% |
| 10 | DIEGO JOAQUIN RODRIGUEZ BARRIOS | 78 | under 1% | 16.7 billion | under 1% |
Who buys the most
| # | Buyer | Awards | Share of awards | Stated value (PYG) | Share of value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ministerio de Salud Pública y Bienestar Social (MSPBS) | 1,455 | 9% | 10.1 trillion | 25% |
| 2 | Universidad Nacional de Asunción (UNA) | 921 | 6% | 303 billion | under 1% |
| 3 | Ministerio de Defensa Nacional (MDN) | 829 | 5% | 437 billion | 1% |
| 4 | Corte Suprema de Justicia (CSJ) | 665 | 4% | 471 billion | 1% |
| 5 | Instituto de Previsión Social (IPS) | 542 | 3% | 5.19 trillion | 13% |
| 6 | Presidencia de la República | 508 | 3% | 256 billion | under 1% |
| 7 | Administración Nacional de Electricidad (ANDE) | 468 | 3% | 2.11 trillion | 5% |
| 8 | Ministerio del Interior (M.I.) | 367 | 2% | 482 billion | 1% |
| 9 | Banco Central del Paraguay (BCP) | 243 | 1% | 466 billion | 1% |
| 10 | Dirección Nacional de Aeronáutica Civil (DINAC) | 240 | 1% | 372 billion | under 1% |
Stated value: the amount in each award notice, split between joint winners and capped at the 99.9th percentile.
Sectors
The award records for Paraguay have no CPV code, so this story has no sector table.
CPV sector: the sector of the award's CPV code, the EU classification of what a contract buys. Our keyword sector labels elsewhere on the site can give other counts.
How we counted
- DNCP award notices for Paraguay. One record is one contract award: a buyer, a supplier, a date and, where the source gives it, an amount.
- November 2024 to October 2026. This is the latest 24 months of our data for Paraguay, up to the last month with a normal number of awards.
- The records for Paraguay have no CPV code, so this story shows no sector numbers. We do not use our keyword sector labels: a hand check found too many wrong labels for most sectors.
- We count each award once: one notice, one amount, one date. We leave out awards with no supplier name, placeholder names such as "persona natural", names that are only a legal form, and names that appear on thousands of unrelated awards.
- We count suppliers by normalised name. A firm under two spellings counts as two suppliers, so the "won one award" share is an upper bound.
- Stated value is the amount in the award notice, in PYG. It is often the ceiling of a framework agreement, and the money paid can be lower. When several winners share one notice and one amount, we split the amount. We cap each award at the 99.9th percentile of the awards in Paraguay. 98% of the awards state an amount, PYG 39.7 trillion in total.
- These numbers show how the awards spread across suppliers. They do not show why.
The method is the method of our study of 39 countries: who wins government contracts. Other countries: who wins, country by country. The sector pages show the same numbers for each country and sector with enough data.
Snapshot 4 November 2026. Awards from November 2024 to October 2026. The numbers change when we add new awards.