Fighting bid rigging in Brazil: A review of federal public procurement
19 May 2021
Public procurement plays a strategic role in a country’s economy, and the quality of services that the government provides to its citizens. In 2020, Brazil spent around
BRL 35.5 billion in the procurement of goods, services and works. In 2017, public procurement represented around
13.5% of Brazil’s total government expenditures and approximately
6.5% of the country’s GDP.
Due to the size of the involved financial flows, public procurement is exposed to risks of collusion among suppliers as well as fraud and corruption. In Brazil, bid rigging is an administrative and a criminal offence and has long been an enforcement priority for the Brazilian Competition Authority, CADE. Against this background, Brazil has invited the OECD to assess the Brazilian public procurement framework in light of the OECD Recommendation and the Guidelines for Fighting Bid Rigging in Public Procurement.
Citing industry sources,
Variety reports that the Jeff Bezos-led tech company is weeks into negotiations to acquire MGM for about $9 billion. In December, the site confirmed that MGM Holdings Inc., the studio s parent company, was exploring the possibility of a sale.
Variety shares that news of Amazon s talks with MGM began to swirl this weekend, which led to a report from
The Information yesterday (May 17) that the company was at work hashing out a deal. The site s industry sources said the studio s content library which includes 4,000 film titles and approximately 17,000 television episodes could command a price tag between $5 to $10 billion USD.
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