PRICE ADJUSTMENT IN BIDDING PROCESSES: AN INVESTIGATION IN THE MUNICIPAL HEALTH SECRETARIAT OF MARINGÁ

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.216372331039

• Palavras-chave: Bidding processes; Price adjustments; Municipal Secretary of Health.

• Keywords: Bidding processes; Price adjustments; Municipal Secretary of Health.

• Abstract:

  This research addresses a specific aspect of public bidding, which are price adjustments. As verified in the legislation, it can occur during the bidding process, therefore, for the purpose of carrying out the study, the objective was to investigate the price adjustments, the reasons and the values ​​in the biddings carried out by the Municipal Health Secretariat of Maringá in the years of 2020 and 2021. In terms of theoretical and empirical foundations, it addresses public administration, legislation on bidding, price adjustments, and a brief review of empirical studies on the subject. The methodological procedures used are descriptive research, of an applied nature, using a qualitative and quantitative approach, whose procedures are documentary research and ex-post facto carried out in a field environment. The main findings show that there were 309 price adjustments, 294 of which were raised and 15 lowered; the readjustments took place in 192 items, arising from 55 biddings of the auction type and involving 57 companies. The main readjusted items were medicines, hospital materials and food.