Compras.gov.br is available free of charge to municipal managers across the country, facilitating procurement processes
More than 3,100 Brazilian municipalities already use Compras.gov.br, a federal government system that facilitates the procurement process for public managers. The adhesion of these cities was boosted from 2019, when the recommendation for the use of electronic trading in the use of Union Transfers resources came into force, a measure established by the Federal Government. Decree No. 10,024/2019. Since then, around two thousand municipalities have joined the system, according to data from the Municipalities Panel released by the Ministry of Economy (ME) this Monday (4/4).
“Our system is available free of charge for cities to carry out their purchasing processes. In this way, we are simplifying the work of mayors”, says the special secretary for Debureaucratization, Management and Digital Government of the ME, Caio Mario Paes de Andrade. “By using Compras.gov.br, there is no need to spend on paid solutions, which generate unnecessary costs. We are also working on the digital transformation of the system to serve municipal managers and the various local entrepreneurs who will be able to participate in these bids”, he adds.
The federal government's policy of democratizing the use of Compras.gov.br is directly benefiting more than 80% of the Brazilian population that is served in these more than 3,100 municipalities. “Public purchases are the basis for better public services. This data reveals how this initiative of the ministry is already directly impacting the population”, emphasizes the special secretary. In the last 12 months alone, 33,363 trading sessions were held, which represents, on average, 92 trading sessions per day.
In the Panel of Municipalities it is also possible to analyze the adhesion of cities by state. Minas Gerais, for example – which is the state with the most cities in Brazil – already has more than half of its municipalities using Compras.gov.br. 492 of the 853 existing are registered in the system. Rondônia and Acre also stand out, with all cities already using the system. The North region has the most municipalities using Compras.gov.br: there are about 78%.
The largest city in Brazil is the one that has the most trading sessions on Compras.gov.br. São Paulo has already carried out more than two thousand trading sessions in the last 12 months. Then there is Rio de Janeiro, with almost a thousand trading sessions in the period.
