Sales made by small and medium-sized companies to the federal government grew 16% between January and December this year compared to the total volume in 2010. The percentage is recorded in a report by Exame.Com, based on information released by the Sebrae Agency of News. The data, according to the article, was presented in a lecture by the Secretary of Logistics and Information Technology of the Ministry of Planning, Budget and Management, Delfino Natal de Sousa, during the IV Fomenta Nacional, in São Paulo.
The information indicates that, in the first nine months of 2011, the so-called MPE sold, on average, R$8 billion to the federal public sector; against R$6.9 billion recorded throughout last year. Also according to the report, the amount negotiated this year represents 25% of total purchases made by the federal government. The growth indicator is even more significant compared to 2002, when only 11% of transactions in the federal public sector were carried out with MSEs; which represents, in 9 years, an increase of 300%.
According to Exame.Com, secretary Delfino Natal de Sousa also highlighted that there is still room to increase the participation of small and medium-sized companies in the supply of products and services to the public sector. For him, the main benefit of intensifying this commercial relationship is the strengthening of the internal market.
In a statement made to the report, Sebrae's Public Policy Manager, Bruno Quick, also makes a positive analysis, highlighting that the need to adjust products and services to the requirements of tenders increases the quality and competitiveness of companies. “The development of MSEs is important because despite representing 99% of the country's companies, they represent just over 20% of GDP. If we want to change this profile, we need to give more space to the small economy,” he says.
With information from Exame.Com
