Programa de Aquisição de Alimentos (PAA): uma análise da modalidade compra institucional a partir da perspectiva do órgão público comprador

Abstract

Created in 2003, the Food Acquisition Program (PAA) aims to promote access to food and the same time encourage the appreciation of products produced by family farming. Since there are already several studies that analyzed the PAA from the perspective of suppliers or local development, this work aims to contribute to the debate from the perspective of the purchasing body. For such analyzed the implementation of the Institutional Purchase modality to meet the demands of foodstuffs from the Military Organizations (OM) of the Navy in Salvador regarding: 1) the costs of acquisitions; and 2) the assessment of suppliers' performance. A comparison was made of the cost of the genres of the Public Calls in relation to the values of the proposals classifield by means of bidding. To assess supplier performance, the model of evaluation of suppliers of family agriculture proposed by Tanaca (2012) was applied. On average, the prices of food provided by family farming were 36.86% more expensive than those provided by the conventional Market. However, costing an average of 20.56% less, compared to other organic or agroecological products traded in the region. In evaluating the performance of suppliers, the Maturity Indicator received the best evaluations, followed by the Uniformity Indicator, indicating that suppliers were able, in most cases, to deliver their products in a uniform manner and with adequate maturity. The Pest and Disease Indicator received the lowest score, demonstrating that the majority of deliveries were made with some type of parasite. The Punctuality and Complete Delivery Indicators showed respectively the recurrent delay in deliveries and incomplete deliveries. In the evaluation of the Future Delivery Indicator the suppliers did not face problems to receive their products, being common the delay of deliveries and incomplete deliveries. At the end of the work, future studies on the subject are suggested.