Contract Management and Supervision

Contract performance, responsibilities, amendments, measurement, acceptance, sanctions and closeout.

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Fiscal com capacete e colete refletivo registra a inspeção de caixas entregues em área de carga, com caminhão e trabalhador ao fundo.

Contract Management and Supervision22/09/20268 min read

Provisional and final acceptance under Law 14.133: who checks, what to record and when to reject

A practical guide for inspectors and managers to separate delivery, measurement, certification, final acceptance, rejection and payment in public contracts.

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Mesa de gestão contratual com documento de contrato administrativo e três trilhas visuais para reajuste, repactuação e revisão, cercadas por pastas, livros e checklists.

Contract Management and Supervision22/09/20269 min read

Price adjustment, repactuation or contract revision: how to distinguish requests under Brazil's Law 14,133

A documentary guide to identify when a request concerns index-based adjustment, cost repactuation or extraordinary restoration of a public contract's economic and financial balance...

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Mesa de trabalho com notebook exibindo o Contratos.gov.br, pastas do PNCP e DOU e checklist de exclusão de contrato.

Contract Management and Supervision13/09/20265 min read

Wrong contract registered in Contratos.gov.br: when to delete it, what happens in PNCP, and how to handle the DOU

Learn when deletion is appropriate, which linked records block it, how PNCP responds, and why the DOU requires a separate assessment.

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Notebook com tela do Compras.gov.br mostrando o fluxo de convocação de remanescente, ao lado de pasta de contrato rescindido e documentos do processo.

Contract Management and Supervision01/09/20267 min read

Remaining bidders in Compras.gov.br: step by step after contract termination

Learn how to use the new remaining-bidder feature in Compras.gov.br after termination while preserving ranking order, qualification, negotiation, and the administrative record.

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Mesa de trabalho com placas de Gestor e Fiscal, balança da Justiça, contrato administrativo, Lei 14.133/2021 e Decreto 11.246/2022 alterado em 2026.

Contract Management and Supervision27/08/202610 min read

Can the contract manager and inspector be the same person? How to apply segregation of duties under Law 14.133

Law 14.133 does not create a universal ban on combining contract management and inspection. See how to assess risk, self-review, local rules and controls before designation.

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Fiscal de contrato analisando documentação trabalhista relacionada ao cumprimento da cota de aprendizes em contratação pública.

Contract Management and Supervision07/08/20268 min read

Apprentice quota in Law 14,133: why the TCU prohibited the qualification requirement and reinforced contract supervision

The TCU decided that the apprentice quota cannot be a qualification requirement. In Law 14,133, control belongs to the contract and supervision.

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Sete perguntas para avaliar uma repactuação contratual por solução consensual antes da abertura da negociação

Contract Management and Supervision04/08/20268 min read

Contract renegotiation through consensual solution: 7 questions before taking the case to the table

The TCU panel on thermoelectric plants shows why consensus requires proof. See seven questions to guide proposals with calculation, benefit and safeguards.

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Fluxograma com caminhos para aditivos até 25%, acima do limite e condições excepcionais reconhecidas pelo Tribunal de Contas da União.

Contract Management and Supervision04/08/20269 min read

Additive above 25% in Law 14,133: what Ruling 1,753/2026 allows

The TCU maintained the 25% limit as a rule and allowed exceeding it only in consensual changes, essential to the original purpose and widely documented.

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Fluxo de pesquisa no Portal TCU, da consulta ao resumo por IA, seguido da conferência do acórdão e da citação do dispositivo

Contract Management and Supervision03/08/202612 min read

TCU now summarizes rulings with AI: how to use the tool without exchanging the decision for the summary

New TCU feature creates overviews with AI. See the test in three judgments and the checklist to check the grounds, device and citation.

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