Cofece raises the program of the AMLO competition to avoid corruption

One of the major demands of the people is the fight against corruption, and in part the latter is a consequence of the lack of competition, especially in calls for public tenders, considers the Federal Commission for Economic Competition (Cofece)) .

One point on which the next government and the antitrust commission can argue is the fight against corruption, for which the institution, headed by Alejandra Palacios will present a document to the next teams of the Ministry of Public Administration and the Ministry of Finance .

The Cofece will ask the next administration to be included in the main calls for tender to one billion pesos to ensure the transparency of the processes.

"We do not want to participate at all, we will only participate in about thirty calls for tenders a year," said Mr. Palacios.

A public procurement process without competition procedure generates surcharges on the goods or works of between 15% and 30% according to what has been determined in various procedures by the antitrust agency .

In this regard, the Committee considers it appropriate to create a General Public Procurement Act to ensure that all states have minimum standards of contract in order to have a "minimum" for local laws, explained the mandated president of the Cofece.

The Commission has detected in several markets, such as that of species and in that of the sale of tortillas that the barriers to competition are mainly found in ] Local and National Laws .

The document Competing Agenda for Integral Exercise in Public Procurement, presented by Cofece on Tuesday, proposes that companies that engage in unfair competition processes, such as collusion with d & Other economic agents, not only must they be sanctioned, but disqualified from competition in other public processes

Palacios stressed that this latter indication is included in the general law of administrative responsibilities but do not apply.

In another point, the commission proposes to the government of the virtual elected president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, to change the way in which calls for public offers are evaluated, which is currently done through scores.

Cofece suggests moving a two-stage model in which only participants who pass the technical specifications stage can submit an economic proposal.