Benefits and challenges in the practice of electronic bidding

Abstract

This article addresses the challenges and benefits in the process of acquiring goods and services in the electronic auction mode. It is a study of the positive and negative aspects of electronic trading in the acquisition of products and services, which seeks to relate and compare the efficiency points of the bidding process. The object of study is the process of efficiency in the acquisition of goods and services carried out by public institutions with regard to the use of electronic trading as a bidding modality. The objective of this study is to report the positive and negative aspects of the electronic auction in the acquisition of goods and services in public agencies. The theme has been that it is an area of knowledge that has evolved over the years and how associations experience these changes because it is the stage of these transformations. A problematic situation that arises is: is the electronic trading system proving to be efficient with regard to the acquisition of goods and services? The methodology used for the referred study is a qualitative approach, whose research will be bibliographic and descriptive. As a result, we obtained information that affirms an increase in efficiency with the use of the electronic auction modality, despite the difficulties faced by public agencies for its use.