Compras compartilhadas em consórcios públicos: um estudo de caso sobre o processo licitatório de medicamentos do CM Metropolitano Granpal

Abstract

The objective of this research is to analyze the bidding procedures carried out in the Public Consortia, having as a case study the Consortium of the Metropolitan Region of Porto Alegre. The study focuses on how the shared purchasing process is carried out, bringing benefits and disadvantages to collective purchases. In the theoretical reference the following themes are addressed: Public Consortia in Brazil; Public Consortia; Intermunicipal Consortia; Bidding in Public Consortium and Shared Bids. The research methods used were documental research, legal publications of approval and the tender procedures studied, as well as interview with the Executive Board of the Consortium. The data were analyzed quantitatively, in relation to the comparison of the values approved by the Consortium and by another municipality and in the qualitative form, analyzing the interview conducted with the Consortium's Board of Directors. In the presentation of the results are demonstrated the existing differences of values of some drug items, in which they were chosen at random and of how the shared buying process in the consortia occurs. In the final considerations, the study highlights the tool of shared purchases if carried out in the appropriate way can generate great savings for municipal public coffers.