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The Assembly of the Republic approved this Wednesday new modifications to the Code of Public Contracts, to simplify and make the execution of European funds more flexible. Among the planned changes is the raising of the maximum limit of contracts for which it is not necessary to bid, which is now set at 750 thousand euros, and the creation of an independent commission to supervise the new public procurement regulations.
The amendments were approved with the votes in favor of the PS parliamentary bench and the abstention of the PSD deputies and Mrs. Cristina Rodrigues, after the Government withdrew the bill initially presented, in favor of a substitute text that was Se He will work directly between the Socialist Executive and the PSD leadership since June.
The new rules approved by the two majority parties of Parliament received, however, the vote against the Left Bloc, PCP, CDS-PP, PAN, PEV, Chega, Liberal Initiative and the deputy Joacine Katar Moreira.
After approving most of the alteration proposals presented by the PS and PSD in the specialty, the two parties also brought to the plenary the call for several proposals that were all approved, thus changing the diploma equal to the one agreed in the Committee on Economy, Innovation . , Public Works and Housing.
The new regulations provide for the replacement of public tenders through direct consultation with five entities chosen by the contractor and the elimination of the limit of contracts that can be carried out with the same company. Public tenders may be limited to entities located in the same territory as the contractor, and there is no need for cost-benefit analysis, with the possibility of awarding a bid at a price higher than the base price.
The maximum ceiling for contracts in which there is no public tender was agreed at 750 thousand euros, instead of the 5.25 million proposed by the Government, and an independent commission will be created, composed of five elements (four appointed by the Parliament and one by the Government) “monitor this process” and monitor compliance with the new rules for public procurement.
The bill generated several criticisms from the entities consulted. One of them came from the Court of Accounts, which came to warn that the changes proposed by the Government to the Code of Public Contracts could “increase the risk of illegal practices of collusion, cartelization and even corruption”, based on a principle “contrary to transparency, public interest, sustainability of public finances ”.
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