Evaluación de la contratación pública mediante indicadores en el Gobierno Municipal de Santo Domingo, Ecuador.

Mieles Bachicoria, Jefferson Leonardo; Carreño Arteaga, Nancy Paola

Public procurement is the process of implementing a set of policies for improving the quality of life of the population. In Ecuador, a system of indicators is established to evaluate the performance and effectiveness of public procurement processes. to evaluate the public procurement processes of the Municipal Decentralized Autonomous Government of Santo Domingo through the system of management indicators is the overall objective. The study was of mixed modality with emphasis on the quantitative; of nonexperimental, crosssectional and descriptive type. The empirical methods were documentary analysis and measurement through a system of indicators. An analysis of public procurement indicators for the period 2020 to 2023 was developed, determining that budget execution is 65 per cent on average, well below the national average; in addition, the work is insufficient, but there is more effectiveness in planning needs and developing procurement processes. The indicators during the first quarter of 2024 had a similar behavior to previous years and from the analysis developed a group of improvement actions was proposed. The research showed that public procurement work in the municipality of Santo Domingo has a stable behavior, however the levels of efficiency are still insufficient, so a set of actions were proposed that could improve public procurement processes in the GAD and its associated companies.

GOVERNMENT purchasing; AFFILIATED corporations; BUDGET; QUALITY of life; EMPIRICAL research

Revista Uniandes Episteme, 2024, Vol 11, Issue 3, p308

1390-7514

Academic Journal