According to government, program may advance R$ 45 billion in the economy
Since 02/08/2021, suppliers with active contracts with the Federal Public Administration can request an advance of up to 70% of what they are entitled to receive. The Anticipation, program for the anticipation of receivables from the federal government.
If all suppliers ask for the maximum anticipation of 70%, the program has the potential to anticipate about R$ 45 billion in savings. The account was made based on the total value of contracts with federal agencies that use the Comprasnet platform, currently at R$ 65 billion.
According to the Special Secretariat for Debureaucratization, Management and Digital Government of the Ministry of Economy, the initiative will mainly benefit micro and small companies that lost resources due to the covid-19 pandemic. THE Anticipation it allows suppliers to use administrative contracts as collateral for borrowing and financing from financial institutions accredited by the Ministry of Economy.
If the entrepreneur is unable to repay the loan, the financial institutions execute the guarantees and receive directly from the National Treasury the amount of the administrative contract. As the receipt is guaranteed, credit operations have low interest rates.
To date, 11 financial institutions have been accredited by AntecipaGov. The conditions of the credit lines are disclosed on the program platform by the financial institutions, allowing the supplier to choose the best financing.
Since 2017, ABES has been sensitizing the Federal Government to the difficulties that micro and small companies encounter when selling to the government and the association congratulates the implementation of the platform. For Francisco Camargo, chairman of ABES, the tool will open a market estimated at 400 billion reais per year in public procurement in the federal, state and municipal governments.
Automated system
Developed by the Federal Data Processing Service (Serpro), the AntecipaGov system works in an automated way and integrated with the federal government's purchasing portal, the ShoppingNet . In one of the environments, called the anticipation portal, the supplier can request credit proposals from several financial institutions simultaneously, comparing the conditions and choosing the most interesting one.
In the second environment, called the service bus, financial institutions forward proposals and record credit operations. The platform allows registration, cancellation, amortization, settlement, consultation of credit operations and verification of details of contracts and requests for credit quotes.
Source: Portal ABES with Agência Brasil
