Colombia Compra ¿Eficiente?

Abstract

Public procurement is a fundamental pillar of our country's economy, it represents close to 13% of the GDP in Colombia (Observatorio Colombiano de Contratación Pública [OCCP], 2018), for this reason, the state must ensure that state procurement complies with the principles of the administrative function, guaranteeing the timely provision of goods and services that respond to the needs of the community in general. In this sense, the National Government considered it necessary to have a specialized technical organization in charge of unifying policies and articulating processes regarding public procurement, in order to increase transparency and optimize the use of public resources; For these reasons, through Decree 4170 of 2011, the Special Administrative Unit called the National Public Procurement Agency – Colombia Efficient Purchase was created. In this writing we will give a brief tour of the objectives of Colombia Compra Eficiente, we will learn about its tools and pronouncements, we will address their binding nature and we will discover if the creation of this Special Administrative Unit has been useful for the purposes of the Colombian State within the framework . of the Principles of the Administrative Function.