SFP will track with Bitácora Electrónica all public purchases greater than 15 million pesos

In its attempt to promote the transparency and legality of contracting with federal resources the Ministry of Public Function (SFP) launched the operation of its new tool with which it will monitor, from start to finish, compliance with contracts for goods and services.

With the launch of the Electronic Logbook for Procurement Monitoring (BESA), the SFP reported that it will be able to audit in real time 80% of the amount of public purchases of the entire Federal Public Administration, and will also constitute a digital repository to strengthen the control that

This morning published in the Official Gazette of the Federation the Agreement establishing the obligation to register contracts and the Guidelines for the use of the BESA , which came into force from of this Friday.

In accordance with these guidelines, the registration in the BESA of all public contracts greater than 15 million pesos will be mandatory. Regarding government purchases less than that amount, he specified that work is being done so that in the short term they are also registered.

The intention of the registration is to reduce the risks of corruption and inefficiency in public procurement , leaving a footprint of the institutions with federal resources that will allow their compliance to be audited.

In the event that the provisions of the contracts are not complied with, there will be a supervisory alert system to review possible irregularities that can be prevented, investigated and punished.

It will correspond to the agency in charge of Roberto Salcedo Aquino supervise, inspect and verify that the application of federal resources in contracts and acquisitions is consistent with the approved planning, programming and budgeting processes.

The Mexican Institute for Competitiveness ad (IMCO) noted a considerable increase in corruption risks in public procurement in Mexico, detected dangerous practices such as lack of competition, little transparency and non-compliance with the law when acquiring goods and services in 147 (59%) of 247 federal institutions between 2018 and 2020.