Compras Sustentáveis na Administração Pública Federalum estudo de caso na Procuradoria-Geral da Fazenda Nacional (PGFN)

Resumo

Objective: To investigate the extent to which Federal Public Administration organizations have been adopting sustainable public procurement. Methodology: The research adopted a case study at the Attorney General's Office of the National Treasury (PGFN), with two complementary approaches. The first consisted of a statistical analysis using data from the Governance and Sustainability Index (iESGo) survey of the Federal Court of Accounts (2024), to examine associations between governance, contract management, sustainability, and performance in sustainable procurements, as well as to place the PGFN in a comparative perspective within the scope of the Federal Public Administration. The second consisted of a documentary analysis of public notices and terms of reference from the central unit of the PGFN in Brasília, with the aim of identifying, systematizing, and classifying the sustainability criteria and requirements present in the procurements. Results: The results of the data analysis from iESGo 2024 indicate that the adoption of sustainable public procurement in the Federal Public Administration is positively associated with the presence of objectives aligned with sustainability, formal guidelines for sustainable procurement, and more developed governance and management structures for contracting and sustainability. The PGFN showed low performance in sustainable contracting, associated with the absence of both management objectives for contracting aligned with sustainability and formal guidelines for sustainable contracting. Meanwhile, the document analysis showed that, although sustainability criteria and requirements are present in contracting documents, their implementation occurs unevenly regarding elements of applicability and feasibility, as well as elements of clarity and operationalization. It is concluded that the adoption of sustainable public procurement depends less on the formal presence of criteria and more on their translation into clear, objective, verifiable procedural routines that, in many cases, are standardized and automated. Limitations: Among the limitations of the research, the small number of analyzed hires stands out, concentrated in a single body of the direct public administration, which makes it difficult to generalize the results to the federal administration as a whole. Another limitation was that the classification of criteria into categories was not carried out by peers, which would have allowed for verification of differences in interpretations and reviews of the classification of criteria and requirements. Contribution: The research contributes by showing that the adoption of sustainable public procurement is more associated with decisions made by top management than with initiatives by the staff involved in the purchasing process. The results indicate that sustainable public procurement tends to be more successful when it is incorporated into the strategic planning of institutions, has a high level of standardization, and automation in its operationalization within the purchasing system. The document analysis corroborates this finding by demonstrating that the most robust sustainability criteria and requirements, in terms of applicability and feasibility as well as clarity and operationalization, are those that are most standardized and automated within the purchasing system. Originality: This study advances the research field by developing a strength classification for the sustainability criteria and requirements adopted in public procurement. Category: Master's thesis

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Tipo

Dissertação

Ano

2026

Instituição

Fundação Getulio Vargas

Fonte

Repositório da FGV

Idioma

Português

Acesso

Acesso aberto

Identificador

oai:repositorio.fgv.br:10438/39177

Temas

Administração PúblicaCompras PúblicasGovernançaMeio Ambiente

Palavras-chave

Compras públicas sustentáveisAdministração pública federalGovernança e gestão das contrataçõesSustentabilidadeCritérios e requisitos de sustentabilidadeSustainable public procurementFederal public administrationProcurement governance and managementSustainabilitySustainability criteria and requirementsAdministração públicaLicitação públicaProcuradoria Geral da Fazenda Nacional