COMO A NOVA LEI DE LICITAÇÕES ABRE OPORTUNIDADES PARA MELHOR PREVENIR OS IMPACTOS SOCIOAMBIENTAIS DE PROJETOS DE INFRAESTRUTURA?

This briefing by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI/PUC-Rio) analyzes how Brazil's New Bidding Law (Lei nº 14.133/2021) can be used to better prevent socio-environmental impacts in infrastructure projects. The authors argue that the law's detailed requirements for preliminary technical studies provide an opportunity to introduce a 'pre-feasibility analysis' phase, which would identify risks earlier in the project lifecycle and improve the quality of subsequent environmental studies and licensing processes.

• The New Bidding Law introduces more detailed requirements for preliminary technical studies, which the authors suggest should be treated as a new planning stage rather than being equated to Technical, Economic, and Environmental Feasibility Studies (EVTEA).
• CPI/PUC-Rio recommends that future regulatory decrees incorporate a 'pre-feasibility analysis' methodology into the bidding preparatory phase. This would involve 10 structuring questions and a socio-environmental complexity analysis to determine if a project should proceed to the EVTEA and environmental licensing stages.
• The New Bidding Law expands the scope of legal review by requiring that the entire preparatory phase of a bid be submitted to the administration's legal advisory bodies, such as the Attorney General's Office (AGU) or state and municipal procuracies.
• The law strengthens the role of courts of accounts (tribunais de contas) as entities for risk management and preventive control, including the prevention of socio-environmental risks, and establishes that these bodies should follow the interpretations provided by the Federal Court of Accounts (TCU).
• While the law improves transparency by mandating a single official website for publishing bid documents and contracts, it represents a regression in social participation by only encouraging, rather than requiring, public consultations or hearings prior to bidding.
• The New Bidding Law grants priority processing for the environmental licensing of works, although this may only apply to contracts based on the new law after a two-year transition period.

APA

Cozendey, G., & Chiavari, J. (2021). COMO A NOVA LEI DE LICITAÇÕES ABRE OPORTUNIDADES PARA MELHOR PREVENIR OS IMPACTOS SOCIOAMBIENTAIS DE PROJETOS DE INFRAESTRUTURA? Climate Policy Initiative. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/NT-Nova-Lei-de-Licitacoes.pdf

Chicago

Cozendey, Gabriel, and Joana Chiavari. COMO A NOVA LEI DE LICITAÇÕES ABRE OPORTUNIDADES PARA MELHOR PREVENIR OS IMPACTOS SOCIOAMBIENTAIS DE PROJETOS DE INFRAESTRUTURA? Climate Policy Initiative, 2021. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/NT-Nova-Lei-de-Licitacoes.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{cozendey2021como, author = {Cozendey, Gabriel and Chiavari, Joana}, title = {{COMO A NOVA LEI DE LICITAÇÕES ABRE OPORTUNIDADES PARA MELHOR PREVENIR OS IMPACTOS SOCIOAMBIENTAIS DE PROJETOS DE INFRAESTRUTURA?}}, institution = {Climate Policy Initiative}, year = {2021}, month = may, url = {https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/NT-Nova-Lei-de-Licitacoes.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }