O processo de compras de material de consumo na UFJF: dilemas, desafios e perspectivas de superação de seus principais entraves

Abstract

This dissertation was developed under the Professional Master in Management and Evaluation of Education (PPGP) of the Center for Public Policies and Education Evaluation at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (CAEd/UFJF). The management case to be studied will discuss the main obstacles detected in the procurement process of consumption material performed by 5 Academic Units with a similar profile regarding the use of these materials in practical undergraduate classes and research activities in the laboratory environment. The objectives defined for this study were: (1) to analyze the main obstacles identified in the procurement process of 5 Academic Units with great demand for consumption material, seeking to propose solutions that enable the improvement of the process; (2) to describe the legal framework that regulates the public procurement process performed in federal public agencies, Federal Institutions of Higher Education (IFES) and UFJF; (3) to identify the quantitative items of consumption material that were no longer purchased over the 2010-2018 period delimited by the research, within the scope of the 5 Academic Units surveyed; (4) to identify which categories of consumption material (by sub-elements) were repeatedly “Declined by the Executor”, within the scope of the Academic Units surveyed, and also quantifying these items and dimensioning the volume of budgetary resources that were not used over the analyzed period; (5) to identify and analyze the difficulties faced by the institutional actors directly involved in the procurement process of the Academic Units surveyed, also verifying, more specifically, what difficulties were observed when requesting these items “Declined by the Executor”; (6) to propose an Educational Action Plan (PAE) with specific actions, aiming to improve the procurement process of consumption material of the researched Academic Units. We present as hypothesis that the difficulties detected in the operationalization of the procurement process of consumption material are among other factors due to the lack of more specific training for those directly involved in the process, in addition to deficiencies in the computerized system that operationalizes the procurement process (Siga) and aspects involving legislation on the subject. As a methodology, a quantitative and documentary research (next to Siga) was used, followed by a qualitative field research, with the actors directly involved in the purchasing process. As a research instrument, interviews were conducted with a semi-structured script