Borinquen Made2026-08-17 · Economy and politics
IntegraPR, the government's ERP, starts — at least the first phase
On August 17, 2026, Caribbean Business covers the launch of IntegraPR, the government's resource-planning system. The first phase began on July 1, 2026 at 63 agencies. Hacienda, OGP, and PRITS celebrate the vendors and, in the same note, admit payment pains. The outlet's headline says it with caution: at least some of that ERP is already real.
The accumulated cost, according to that coverage, is $117 million. It is the third attempt. Nelson J. Pantoja, of Hacienda, puts two other magnitudes: $600 million disbursed and more than 8,000 invoices. There are 20,000 users; 2,500 employees and 700 suppliers trained. Payroll is left for early next year. Those figures belong to Caribbean Business and to Nelson J. Pantoja. They are not used to audit the third attempt.
Sixty-three agencies are not the whole government. The note does not publish, in the confirmed facts, the list of the 63 or the cost per agency. The $117 million is the system's accumulated cost, not the $600 million disbursement Nelson J. Pantoja attributes to payments already made. They are two boxes: what IntegraPR has cost to build, and what Hacienda says it has paid on invoices inside the new flow. They are not subtracted.
Payment pains are the counterpoint the dek names. An ERP that celebrates vendors and still hurts to pay is the August 17 portrait, not a verdict on whether the third attempt will be the last. Payroll, explicitly, is not in this phase: it is left for early next year. That date is not advanced to a month.
On August 24, Nelson J. Pantoja travels to New York with the economic cabinet, according to El Nuevo Día. That tour does not explain the $117 million. On August 20, Ey Boricua's bankers ask for execution before federal funds dry up. IntegraPR is, in this row, systems execution: 63 agencies, 20,000 users, third attempt. The reader has Caribbean Business at the foot.
Source: Caribbean Business. https://caribbean.business/puerto-ricos-erp-becomes-a-reality-or-at-least-some-of-it/