TITLE: Brazil's Minas Gerais State Lottery Extends Deadline for Competition Consultation Responses to May 18
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On April 29, 2026, the Minas Gerais State Lottery (LEMG) extended the deadline for stakeholders to respond to contributions submitted during its public consultation for International Public Tender Notice LEMG No. 001/2026. Director-General Onésimo Diniz Moreira formalized the extension through publication in the State Official Gazette on April 30, 2026.
LEMG cited the complexity of technical, legal, and economic-financial submissions received during the public consultation process as the reason for the extension. The institution requires additional time to conduct an in-depth analysis of the contributions before publishing official responses. This represents the second deadline extension for the tender process. Previously, on April 11, 2026, LEMG had extended the submission deadline for contributions and comments to April 22, 2026, requiring submissions in Portuguese via email to [email protected]. Interested parties were instructed to provide supporting documentation through non-editable cloud-based file sharing platforms such as Google Drive, OneDrive, or Dropbox.
The new deadline for LEMG to complete its analysis and publish responses to all contributions received is May 18, 2026, at 23:59 PM (Brasília time). LEMG will consolidate all submissions received by that date and evaluate their content before publishing official responses via its website at www.loteriamineira.mg.gov.br, with possible direct delivery to interested parties. The detailed evaluation may result in adjustments to the bidding process materials. All other conditions and aspects of the international bidding process remain unchanged, with the extension affecting only the schedule for analyzing and responding to contributions.