USTDA Partners with Brazil to Promote Value-Based Procurement
December 11, 2017
(USTDA)
BRASÍLIA, BRAZIL – Today, the U.S. Trade and Development Agency signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Government of Brazil, launching a
partnership under the Global Procurement Initiative: Understanding Best Value
(GPI). Through the agreement, USTDA will partner with the Government of
Brazil’s Ministry of Planning, Development and Management to promote
international best practices in public procurement and the long-term
professionalization of Brazil’s procurement workforce.
To kick off the partnership, USTDA will host a three-day training workshop,
providing over 80 Brazilian government officials with access to leading
procurement experts, including one from the George Washington University’s
Government Procurement Law Program, as well as energy, transportation, and IT
procurement technical specialists. The workshop will also feature sessions on
public-private partnerships and in-depth life-cycle cost analysis training.
“We are so pleased to partner with Brazil through the Global Procurement
Initiative,” said Thomas R. Hardy, USTDA’s Director, Congressional Relations
and Public Affairs. “This partnership advances the Ministry of Planning’s
extensive work in promoting transparency and good governance, with the
overarching goal of obtaining the best value for Brazilian public funds, while
at the same time expanding the field of solution providers.”
"Public procurement has received increasing attention, especially in light of
the economic context in which Brazil is going through. Therefore, the quality of
the public expenditure must be comprehended as a strategic approach focused on
the relevance and the added value of the public procurement," said the Secretary
of Management of Brazil’s Ministry of Planning, Development and Management,
Gleisson Rubin.
“Considering our shared goal, to procure goods and services efficiently and
effectively, I am delighted with the launch of the GPI program and to support
another key partnership between United States and Brazil,” said Chargé
D’Affaires of the U.S. Embassy Brasilia, William Popp.
Through the GPI, USTDA will support Brazil’s goals of making efficient
investments in sustainable infrastructure, while advancing the GPI’s mission
of leveling the playing field for international competition. The partnership
will build upon USTDA’s existing collaboration with the Government of Brazil
to identify high-quality solutions to advance their infrastructure development
goals.
Following this week’s workshop, USTDA will host a group of senior Brazilian
officials to the United States in early 2018 to share best practices and lessons
learned from U.S. federal, state and municipal procurement systems. This visit
will be followed by a second workshop in Brazil, for Brazilian state and
municipal-level procurement officials.
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