Impacto del Acuerdo Marco de Precios en la Eficiencia del Gasto Público

Abstract

The Framework Price Agreement is an instrument used to aggregate demand, constituted as a mechanism through which the contractor selection modality corresponding to the abbreviated selection is implemented, especially to acquire goods and services that have “uniform and non-uniform technical characteristics”, whose use is common, which was created by Law 1150 of 2007 and was subsequently regulated by Decree 1082 issued in 2015. However, it is important to analyze the impact of these agreements on the management of state assets, therefore, through this article we intend to determine the efficiency in terms of the application of the AMP in the contractual processes carried out by state entities in Colombia, with respect to the reduction of costs for state entities, in relation to the prices available in the market. Therefore, through the content of this article, a preliminary analysis of the Framework Price Agreement is carried out, using the qualitative method, under the development of three chapters, the first one focuses on identifying the origin, concept, characteristics and conditions of application of the same as a mechanism used to acquire goods and services in the field of public procurement. In turn, in the second chapter, a legal analysis of the AMP is developed, especially with respect to the mandatory nature of its implementation as of Law 1150 of 2007; finally, the third chapter refers to the economic impact of the Framework Price Agreement on Public Procurement, mainly with respect to the efficiency of public spending.