The initiative approved in an extraordinary session this Wednesday It intends to establish and order stages of the integrated chain of the public contracting process.
Likewise, It seeks to update current legislation, taking into account the new scenario after the Covid-19 pandemic, by improving public spending, based on more efficient purchases and avoiding unnecessary purchases.
The proposal consists of 161 items where important issues such as conflict of interest are addressed; prohibitions to participate in tenders; contracts that include small and medium-sized companies, which will be granted processes of lesser amounts; exclusivity for national contracts; consultancies; among other points.
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It is also intended to create a supply chain with a strong component of planning and modernization of the public procurement system.
Deputy Celeste Amarilla (PLRA), spokesperson for the Economic and Financial Affairs committees; and of Accounts and Control of Budgetary Execution, requested the accompaniment to a modified version; but the document prevailed with half sanction of the Senate.
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The changes that Celeste Amarilla intended to introduce, They were going to prevent the financial health of companies and other elements related to quality and certification from being measured.
Amarilla is known as the queen of the school lunch, due to the number of tenders awarded to the companies Pinoty and Arcángel SA, two of the firms with which it is linked.
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