One of the most relevant business sectors of the economy is the purchase made by public departments. Due to public policy that seeks to guarantee the social welfare (which requires the State responsibility for the provision of health systems, education, security, transport, among various other instruments that can ensure social, political and economic excellence of its citizens), a considerable part of the Brazilian GDP is strongly linked to government spending.

Some estimates suggest that only in infrastructure, there were expenses of more than 50 billion reais for the year 2008. This number doesn’t include the purchases for the maintenance of public institutions; such as medical equipment and medicines for the health sector; furniture, notebooks, pens, and uniforms for educational demands; cars and weapons to guarantee public security, and so on. Consequently, something around 5% to 7% of the Brazilian GDP refers to purchases made by governmental departments.

It occurs that participation in this market depends on some preparation on the part of the entrepreneur. On behalf of legal instruments aimed at preventing the misuse of public money, there are several laws that establish requirements to conduct business with government agencies.

Even though the idea of such standards is to defend the interests of Brazilian citizens, sometimes this structure refrain those entrepreneurs who, although intending to act in good faith to conduct business with the Government, cannot meet all the bureaucratic requirements. The mechanism that operates public sales in Brazil is very quirky, requiring some legal knowledge, to get into this interesting business area.

One of the basic requirements would be the definitive establishment of the company in the Brazilian territory. Only a small portion of the Brazilian Governments business enables the participation of foreign companies. So, the first step to take is to regularize the situation of the company in the Brazil, moving then to acquire other documents that can enable business involving the public sector.

Our company is able to assist foreign companies at all stages of this process, since the formatting structure in Brazilian territory, passing by the suggestion of representatives and/or attorneys to defend the interests of the foreign investor, to finally pursue all other elements enabling activities in the public sales market, opening an excellent opportunity for new businesses in our growing economy.