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- Government Purchases:
According to the Federal Constitution, article 37, item XXI, the government purchases should be regulated by a specific law. So reads the Constitution: "XXI. With the
exception of the cases specified in law, public works, services,purchases and disposals shall be contracted by public bidding proceedings that ensure equal conditions
to all bidders, with clauses that establish payment obligations, maintaining the effective conditions of the bid. as the law provides, which shall only allow the
requirements of technical and economic qualifications indispensable to guarantee the fulfilling of the obligations."
The Portuguese word for public biddings is Licitação (singular) or Licitações (plural). The regulatory law is Law nr. 8666, 21st June 1993. Click the next link to read a
integral and updated version of the law regulating public purchases in Brazil.Given its nature, it's not surprising that this is probably one of the most ammended Brazilian
laws; click here to see the the historic of ammendments of this law.
- Biddings currently happening:
There are hundreds of public biddings going on at any given time. Visit ComprasNet (registering required) to check out biddings and other related news in the Federal
government; for biddings in the States level, visit the official page of each of the Brazilian States and look for the link to "Licitações". For a more comprehensive site,
try one of the search engines or a specific site like Licitações.com.br
or Licitação.com.br.
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