The Comptroller General of the Union (CGU) identified the risk of overvaluation and loss to the public treasury in a tender from the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Family Agriculture (MDA), estimated at 69 million reais, highlighting technical inconsistencies in the definition of salaries and in the justification of the number of outsourced employees provided for in the contract.
According to the preventive evaluation report, the ministry set a salary higher than the minimum wage in the Collective Labor Agreement (CCT) for the position of administrative assistant without demonstrating greater complexity of the functions, which, for the CGU, “generates overcharging and risks of overbilling”. The estimated financial impact is BRL 5.99 million over 24 months, reaching BRL 29.9 million over ten years.
The Administrative Assistant position represents 54.99% of the total bid value, increasing the impact of the decision. According to the document, if the CCT floor were adopted, the total contract value would be significantly lower. The CGU specifies that “no qualification requirements other than those established in the collective agreement have been identified” which would justify higher remuneration.
The watchdog also questioned the price research methodology used by the MDA. According to the report, contracts that adopted the CCT floor were ignored, while the new research prioritized higher salary benchmarks. For the CGU, “the new research sought to identify values higher than those proposed by the MDA, to maintain the value currently paid”.
312 new outsourced workers
Another sensitive point, the lack of calculation memory to justify the number of 312 outsourced positions. The CGU concluded that the figures presented are not supported by coherent technical studies. “The number of jobs requested is not supported by any calculation memory or supporting documentation,” the report states.
According to the evaluation, this weakness prevents the analysis of the real need for subcontracting and leaves room for additional risks, notably the possibility of unjustified outsourcing of typical public service activities. The document warns that this practice could violate the Constitution, noting that the hiring “may be intended to entrust typical civil servant activities to outsourced workers.”
The CGU also highlighted a discrepancy between the notice and the terms of reference of the call for tenders concerning the participation of consortia. While the opinion prohibits this possibility, another document in progress admits consortia, which, according to the control body, requires correction to guarantee the legal certainty of the event.
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