PP019
Analítico de Periódico
P39_7
P39_7
GOMES, Pedro Cerqueira
The portuguese debarment system for those convicted of corruption / Pedro Cerqueira Gomes
Revista de Contratos Públicos, Lisboa, n.7(Jan.-Abril 2013), p.111-126
Estante n.º 27
CORRUPTION, PUBLIC PROCUREMENT, DEBARMENT SYSTEM
Public Procurement is a friendly environment to corrupt activities, regarding public officials and suppliers. in is article we are going to focus on a mechanism that intends to deter corrupt suppliers from participating in a public tender - the debarment system for corrupted behaviors in the Portuguese legal framework. The Portuguese debarment system for corrupt suppliers (article 55 i)) of Portuguese Public Procurement Code (PPPC) raises a number of issues that go from the definition of corruption to the time limits that are applied to these issues and the mechanism of self-cleaning. The purpose of this article is to identify and highlight the main issues of article 55 i) of PPPC, by given a National and European perspective of the state of art and consequently proposing some solutions. 1. A contex of recession - Portugal, Corruption and Public Procurement. 2. Debarment Procedure. 3. The Portuguese Legal Framework and the debarment procedure to exclude corrupted suplliers. 4. Conclusion.