What is compliance in public procurement?
The famous "compliance" in public procurement, that is, comply with the rules when you do business with the State, it is basically a combo of good customs and procedures so that companies do not put the leg (or do not put it so much) when they participate in public tenders. Nothing to leave it to improvisation, go.
And why so much roll? Because in the public sector there is no room for fudge: everything is regulated, there are a thousand laws and, if you get caught by skipping any, the consequences can be of order. Fines, bad reputation, and sometimes they close the door forever. Thus, as is. It is not turkey mucus.
Here the "Compliance Offer" enters the scene or the person responsible for ensuring that no one will lead it. This character not only puts norms, but the protocols is curra, detects the brown before they explode, controls that everyone goes on the right track and, on top of that, it has to teach the rock why this compliance is not another roll. A crazy job, come on.
The compliance in public hiring touches many sticks: from complying with the rules of the competitions, to avoid stories of corruption, protect personal data, ensure labor security and even put cane to the issue of social responsibility. It is not just signing a role and voila.
But be careful, this is not copying and paste. Each country has its own legal eggplant. In Spain, for example, almost everything revolves around Law 9/2017 on public sector contracts, which is not precisely light reading. Touch to match it if you want to play in Primera.
What else do you need? Well tools. Things like a code of behavior, systems so that people can go shed if they see something weird, internal controls and, of course, training (which never hurts, although sometimes bores).
And, well, although many people see it as an obligation (and something pain, why deny it), it can actually be an advantage. If you curd it and show that you are legal, people trust you more, customers and suppliers look at you with other eyes and, surprise, you have more ballots to win public tenders.
In short: the compliance in public procurement is not just avoiding fines and broncas, you are playing your cards well so as not to stay out of the game and, if you ride it well, until you end up winning.
