La corrupción en la adjudicación de los contratos públicos del estado y sus sobreprecios.

Abstract

Public contracting in Ecuador is violated, by certain indications of corruption within public contracting and by its public officials, the SERCOP (NATIONAL PUBLIC PROCUREMENT SERVICE) was created in order to safeguard the proper functioning of said body, but it is clear that it lacks effectiveness when awarding the contract awards made by the State and this is due to the incorrect application of the rule by its public servants. This work aims to demonstrate the corruption that exists within those who make up the surveillance and control regarding state contracting. Consequently, the lack of control in market studies and their manipulation in adjudications has given way to overpricing of the goods or services that are acquired, so it is necessary to create mechanisms to prevent misappropriation of funds. Crimes committed by public officials are criminally responsible, but penalties should be toughened and justice is not politicized, so that anyone who wants to commit an illegal act thinks twice before committing it, in short, one of the questions that public procurement raises is; If the serious crisis of the system is due to its politicization and that by the fact of belonging to a public office it would benefit an individual in the contractual awards.