Four contracts were awarded by Electricidad de Caracas (which in December 2011 became part of Corpoelec), five by Petróleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA, with the contract negotiated by Bariven, a division of PDVSA), and one by the Venezuelan Guayana Corporation (CVG).
Although it is mostly a middle class residential neighbourhood, San Bernardino holds some of the most important Venezuelan hospitals and some enterprises within its territory like the headquarters of one of the biggest banks of the country Banco Mercantil, the headquarters of Banco Venezolano de Crédito, Corpoelec the fully integrated state power corporation of Venezuela and the Centro Financiero Confinanzas.