Gestão da educação superior: um estudo acerca das compras no Instituto Federal da Paraíba – IFPB

Abstract

Financing higher education is essential for public policy development in the educational field. In this area, public procurement is a strategic vector to achieve institutional macro policies. The general objective of this work is to analyze the procurement operationalization process at IFPB at the institutional level. The time frame was from 2019 to 2021. This is exploratory-descriptive research, with a qualitative and applied approach. As a technical procedure, a bibliographic and documentary analysis was carried out. The data collection and analysis were performed using Bardin's content analysis technique, exploring institutional documents such as: IFPB Statute, General Regulations, Institutional Development Plan (PDI), Management Reports and other documents from the Federal Institute of Paraíba. Aiming to achieve the objectives the Case Study method was used. The data were extracted from national repositories such as Scielo Brazil, CAPES Electronic Journal, specialized websites, among others. The theoretical support considered concepts such as the importance of education; higher education management; financing higher education in Brazil; financing at IFPB; public procurement in Brazil; legislative innovation in public procurement; procurement and its modalities; public procurement processes; organizational process mapping; procurement weightings in the Procurement, Contracts and Tenders Department (DCCL), and a brief history of the Federal Institute of Paraíba, investigating, among others researches. It was observed in the General Regulations of the IFPB that DCCL's competencies are varied, dynamic and sensitive, which makes the systematization of its activities, actions, and procedures essential. The current PDI (2020-2024) establishes that bids that result in the process shared between the Campuses and Rectory, will have the division and development of activities among all IFPB procurement sectors. The 2019 Management Report highlights the strategic role of the institution's procurement and bidding area with the aim of helping the Federal Institute of Paraíba to fulfill its objectives, goals, policies, and institutional strategies. It was possible to assess current legislation, the IFPB Statute, General Regulations, PDIs, IFPB management reports and relevant documentation about the procurements at the IFPB Rectory, perform a content analysis on the documentation collected, map the flows of the studied procurement processes, to, finally, propose as a product of the study carried out a technical report on the procurement process at the Federal Institute of Paraíba Rectory.