Minister Aroldo Cedraz, of the Federal Court of Auditors (TCU), ordered the filing of the complaint for alleged irregularity in a tender by the Social Communication Secretariat of the Presidency of the Republic (Secom/PR) for the contracting of digital communication services.
The bid, worth R$ 197.7 million, was already suspended since July last year, by order of the TCU itself, after a representation made by the Public Ministry of Accounts indicated a breach of confidentiality regarding the results of the proposals presented by the bidding companies.
In the opinion of the minister, who reported the process, the representation lost purpose and no illicit practice was demonstrated in the procedure.
“Considering that the final instruction from the technical unit ruled out the need to promote corrective determinations for a future event, in view of the full clarification provided by Secom/PR, as well as the subsequent revocation of the bidding object of these records, it is necessary to recognize the loss of object of this representation, which specifically dealt with signs of failures in maintaining the secrecy of the proposals in Competition 1/2024”, decided Cedraz, in an order published this Thursday (9).
Cedraz also said “that, despite the seriousness of the facts narrated in this representation, no elements were collected in the case file that would even minimally support the occurrence of the alleged illicit act, which prevents, in my opinion, the forwarding of mere conclusions or assumptions to the police body.”
With the decision, Secom will be able to resume the pending digital communication bidding process.
