Revisão narrativa sobre licitações na gestão pública em saúde

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Bidding is a means of the public sector to acquire goods and services, the form of bidding used changes according to the intention to purchase or hire. The bidding aims to acquire products or services for the lowest price, saving public money. OBJECTIVES: To analyze the summaries of completed studies available in then Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) and scientific and technical literature from Latin America and the Caribbean (Lillacs) about biddings in public management in the last ten years, corresponding to the period from 1993 to 2012. METHOD: Narrative Review describing and discussing the development of the biddings in public administration, under the theoretical point of view, taking into account the descriptors, the inclusion criteria of the study in this article is the subject bidding in public management, being exclusion criteria all studies that do not address this issue in its theme. RESULTS: There were 933 articles, however only 6 works fit the purpose of this article, the analyzed articles dealing with problematic shortage of health resources for the acquisition of commodities, however claim that it is possible to get quality products and appropriate quantities for reasonable prices, since the bidder knows the relevant laws and make an appropriate evaluation of the proposals. CONCLUSION: Quality products and with lower prices, is what is sought, and for this is important to have a qualified staff, who know how to correctly specify the product, it must know the quotation of the product in the market and what is the amount available for acquisition.