La contratación por vía de excepción en la Ley 2051/03

Abstract

Speaking of bidding unanimously evokes the way in which the public administration formalizes its purchases or contracts. However, the background of bidding is purely civil in nature, a concept adopted by the 1909 Administrative Organic Law of the Vélez Sarsfield Civil Code. Thus, bidding originally constituted an auction exclusively for heirs in cases of inheritance division, a concept transferred to Article 2535, paragraph "e" of our Civil Code. Having established the civil origin of the term, we will seek to clarify the specifics of the institution of contracting by way of exception, in our capacity as enforcers of the Public Procurement Law. We believe that the correct application of Article 33 of Law 2051/03 can be a very valuable tool for the administrator of public affairs, which is why we have taken the liberty of writing the following lines.