OPTIMIZATION IN ELABORATION PROCESS OF STATEMENT OF WORK IN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT

Abstract

The main purpose of this study is to investigate the viability of having standardized statement of work in public procurement in Ecuador. It discusses the impact that this could have in the procurement process, also in government officials, as well as state vendors, and the benefits it could bring to government procurement in the country. The research also analyzes the process of public procurement in Latin America, the influence and role that these played in Ecuador’s procurement system, the initiating process of procurement in the country, beginning at 2008, and data collected through questionnaires and interviews distributed between randomly selected state officials involved in the process of public procurement and development of statement of work from Municipalities. It also involves the point of view from state vendors of construction and cleaning services to determine whether or not the proposal would improve and facilitate the process of public procurement in Ecuador.