Good Governance in Government Procurement: The Total Cost of Ownership Methodology as a proposal to improve the determination and application of bid evaluation factors

• Autores: Castro Barriga, Carlos David Alberto, Villavicencio Benites, Luis Fernando
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2021
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Repositorio: Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:revistaspuc:article/23895
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/iusetveritas/article/view/23895
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Contrataciones del estado; Valor por dinero; Ciclo de vida útil; Calidad como criterio de adjudicación; Factores de evaluación; Total Cost of Ownership; Buen gobierno; Buena administración; Principio de eficacia; Public procurement; Value for money; Life-cycle costing; Quality as award criterion; Award criteria; Good governance; Good administration; Principle of effectiveness

The rules governing the public procurement cycle grant wide discretion to contracting authorities to determine the award criteria, with price being the sole mandatory award criterion among others of optional character. The application of principles of good governance may contribute to steer the authorities´ discretion by applying instruments and methodologies, such as the so-called Total Cost of Ownership, which allow technically justify the selection of the award criteria with the aim to guarantee an adequate balance between quality and price.