Adherenceto sustainability criteria for federal organs in the state of São Paulo

Abstract

Sustainability policies have been increasingly recognized a solution to environmental integration in procurement processes that involve the public sector. The Administrative Agreement for contracting in the public sector presents the rights and duties of all parties involved, as it is a loyal reflection of the public notice and it does not add any innovation to this convocation document. The objective of this paper was to analyze the adherence of federal agencies to sustainability requirement s in their procurement processes. The methodology used relied on documental analysis and is of a qualitative nature. The material analyzed comprised documents regarding bidding processes carried out by federal agencies of the State of Sao Paulo in the past five years. Results show that there were both bidding processes that presented sustainability requirements and bidding processes that did not present such sustainability requirements in the past five years. Moreover, findings make it evident that some public agencies have familiarity with sustainability criteria, while others do not.

Keywords

• Licitação
• Sustentabilidade
• Aderência