Company
22 years of software for government suppliers.
Our first software, from 2004, answered a supplier company's need: know which tenders match its catalog, organize how its team reviews them and keep that work for its own governance. Today that answer is a web application, running alongside the desktop suite our clients still use.
The market went electronic
Chilean public procurement did not appear on a screen all at once. In 1999 it began with an electronic bulletin board. Over the following years, the State gathered its notices into a common system. The 2003 Public Procurement Law created the ChileCompra agency and gave the change an institutional basis. In 2004, electronic contracting moved forward. The name Mercado Público came later, with the new platform of 2007 and 2008.1237
Once the market was online, the supplier company faced three questions: was it seeing every tender relevant to its catalog, was its team reviewing and managing them, and where should it keep its decisions and work? Masnet was created to answer them.14
ChileCompra: the public portal of the time
The chilecompra.cl home page and search, kept in Masnet's archive.
The first answer was to build our own database
In January 2004, Gino Tillemann built an engine in C# that queried the ChileCompra pages, parsed their HTML and turned tenders into structured records. The public API that ChileCompra would add a decade later did not exist yet. The daily capture gradually built a database of its own, with the history of the tenders.4614
On that database a desktop application for Windows was born, which let users find opportunities from each company's catalog, beyond the title or category of the notice. It was built for the desktop because it performed better, made it easier to export data and print, and because in those years clients saw an installed program as a more serious tool than a web application.14
The project was born under the name Synap and was sold under Usersoft Ltda., the first company Gino Tillemann created to market it. It continues today at Masnet SpA. The oldest screenshots in the archive are from October 2005 and show Synap version 1.0.64: tenders filtered by business area, the lines of each one with its UN code, and a direct link to chilecompra.cl to submit a quote.1410
From finding tenders to commercial intelligence
Finding a tender is only the beginning. Reviewing bids, prices and awards shows what agencies buy, who takes part and what results they get. Masnet brought that analysis into the supplier's work: in 2005, Synap Report already cross-referenced what had been awarded by agency, supplier and product. Today Masnet connects market information with finding opportunities and managing them day to day.1014
A search engine that grew into a suite
In 2010 we launched Oportunidades de Negocio (business opportunities), the first application in the Masnet desktop suite: a tender search engine built on the company's own database and each client's catalog. In the following years came the modules that daily work called for: quotes and requests for information, emails with new tenders, bid openings and awards, purchase order management, bulk data downloads and supervision of each team's work.14
While ChileCompra expanded its own analysis capacity (the former Analiza.cl, launched in 2009 and strengthened in 2012, the first APIs in 2014 and the open data platform in 2016), Masnet extended the suite around its clients' problems: effectiveness and market reports, views for the pharmaceutical sector and, later, tools for Compra Ágil (quick purchases), Convenio Marco (framework agreement) management and pricing, CENABAST processes and purchase orders from private clients.56814
It is a mature desktop suite, still in use and available by subscription. The screens below are from 2026: the user company appears as Masnet, and clients' private data is anonymized. The application is in Spanish.11
The new application brings together what used to be separate
In 2026 Masnet brings that experience to a web application built around the tender. There the team finds opportunities in the historical index, queries the terms with KIM, which answers with references, decides whether to take part, organizes documents and owners, and prepares and submits the bid with Masnet Gateway and a valid Mercado Público session. It also manages guarantees and, if there is an award, can follow the contract and purchase orders.12
The official procedure remains on Mercado Público. Masnet gathers the supplier's memory, decisions and work around that procedure. The idea began with a tender database and a desktop application. Today it takes the form of a platform that connects public data, commercial operations and documentary evidence.9
The web application is set to replace the desktop suite gradually: both run side by side while the web covers everything clients do in the suite today.141112
Two stories side by side
What the State did and what Masnet built, year by year. Masnet is dated only where a cited source supports the date.
- 1999 The public system
- Electronic bulletin board: agencies publish their calls for bids on an information portal.
- 2003 The public system
- Law 19.886 on Public Procurement, published on July 30. ChileCompra starts operating on August 29, at chilecompra.cl.
- 2004
- 2007-2008
- 2009 The public system
- ChileCompra launches the former Analiza.cl site, following Law 20.285 on access to public information. It is no longer available.
- 2010
- 2012-2024
- 2026 Masnet
New web application: discovery, artificial intelligence where it is needed most (reading the tender terms), decision, bid, guarantees and contract. It runs alongside the desktop suite.1112
See it with a real tender
Sources
Consulted on September 28 and 29, 2026. Most sources are in Spanish.
- 1 Fiscalía Nacional Económica (National Economic Prosecutor's Office), market study on public procurement, pp. 34-38
Information portal since 1999, chilecompra.cl before 2003 and effective electronic contracting in 2004.
- 2 Library of the National Congress, Law 19.886, original text
Enacted and published in 2003.
- 3 ChileCompra, fifteen years of ChileCompra (2018)
Start on August 29, 2003, chilecompra.cl and the change to mercadopublico.cl in 2007-2008.
- 4 Diario Financiero, supplement of April 20, 2021, p. 25
Interview with Gino Tillemann about the 2004 product. His statements are the company's own claims.
- 5 Masnet's earlier corporate website and team page
Software since 2004, archive of bids and prices since 2009, searches, assignment, follow-up and reports.
- 6 ChileCompra, Public Procurement Directive No. 27, p. 3
Analiza.cl launched in 2009 and strengthened in 2012, first APIs in 2014 and open data platform in 2016. The document is still on chilecompra.cl. The analiza.cl domain is no longer available.
- 7 Office of the Comptroller General, ruling 52.501 of 2008
Confirms that the system was then called mercadopublico.cl.
- 8 ChileCompra, first anniversary of Compra Ágil
Launched on April 21, 2020.
- 9 ChileCompra, Mercado Público and its terms of use
Official and transactional nature of the platform.
- 10 Masnet archive: screenshots of Synap 1.0.64 and Synap Report 1.0.2
Desktop applications for Windows, credited to Usersoft Ltda. On screen: search for chilecompra.cl tenders, bidding and analysis of awards, with dates from October 2005.
- 11 Masnet archive: screenshots of the desktop suite and its emails, 2026
Current modules of the suite for Windows, with their version in the title bar, and emails it sends to its users. The user company appears as Masnet and clients' private data is anonymized.
- 12 Masnet, web application and functionality catalog, September 2026
Product screenshots and Masnet's functionality catalog: tender search, KIM with evidence, participation, documents, bids, guarantees and contracts. This is the company's documentation of its own product, not an independent evaluation.
- 13 Masnet archive: historical ChileCompra home page and search
Two screenshots supplied by the founder on October 1, 2026. The home page shows September 26, 2004. The search contains a July 2004 filter, which does not establish when the screenshot was taken. Their content is preserved unchanged.
- 14 Account by Gino Tillemann, founder of Masnet
Account given between September 29 and October 1, 2026: the January 2004 engine in C#, HTML parsing, the desktop application and its reasons, the move from Usersoft Ltda. to Masnet, the first version of the suite in 2010, the specialized modules, the gradual transition to the web and the need for market coverage, team oversight and retained management records. These are the company's own statements.
- 15 Library of the National Congress, Law 20.285
Published on August 20, 2008.
- 16 ChileCompra, changes to the Public Procurement Law
2023 reform and changes taking effect in 2024.
Frequently asked questions
Why do I need Masnet if I already use Mercado Público?
Mercado Público already lets you search for opportunities, review background information, bid and track official actions. Masnet relates that market to your catalog and commercial criteria, and connects each opportunity to your company's decisions, owners, tasks, documents and activity.
Does Masnet guarantee we see every tender relevant to us?
No. Masnet organizes that review with searches, filters, your catalog and Predictivas ranking. Its reach depends on available data, your criteria and product classification, so your team checks the results and adjusts the search.
Does Masnet submit the bid for me?
No. You submit it, with Masnet Gateway and your Mercado Público session. Masnet prepares the bid, stops for you to confirm before publishing, then verifies on the portal that it was submitted.
Where does Masnet use artificial intelligence?
In tender and document analysis: KIM summarizes the terms, answers with available references and excerpts and applies guided questions. Predictivas uses classification and semantic signals to relate opportunities to products and public history. Rules determine their ranking. KIM Writing proposes email and template text you compare before applying. In Portfolio, AI proposes a product's generic description for your review and confirmation. It also transcribes voice notes. The decision and the bid remain your team's.
Does KIM confirm that my bid meets the terms?
No. KIM answers questions about the terms with their evidence. Reviewing compliance and making the decision are up to your company.
What support do you offer, and how do I end the service?
Support at [email protected], during business hours, and sales inquiries at [email protected]. Response times and termination terms are set in the contract. Ask for them before you sign up.
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