The Federal Court of Auditors () approved a ruling this Wednesday (11) pointing out a serious flaw in an advertising tender worth R$ 750 million, carried out last year.
In the decision, the ministers saw a lack of transparency and lack of justification for the spending. They also say that it was not clear how the contract value was arrived at.
They warned the state bank that “the lack of detailed quantification of the resources applied to advertising campaigns, in disagreement with the principles of transparency, motivation and planning, represents a serious planning failure that increases the risk of damage to the Treasury due to overpricing or overpricing in contractual execution”.
The TCU established a deadline of 60 days for the bank to adopt measures to ensure transparency in the execution of the contract.
It also determined that the court’s technical area continues to monitor advertising contracts from BB and other government bodies, such as the Secretary of Social Communication of the Presidency of the Republic, Caixa Econômica Federal and Correios.
The case began with questions presented by ) and Gustavo Gayer (PL-GO) about Lula government’s advertising expenses.
They cited a lack of criteria for contracts worth a total of R$3.5 billion for advertising campaigns theoretically aimed at publicizing social policies, education, health and institutional promotion of state-owned companies. They mention, in addition to the value of BB, R$562.5 million for Secom, R$468.1 million for Caixa and R$380 million for the post office.
Other Side
Through its advisory services, Banco do Brasil stated that the outcome of the trial has not yet been announced by the TCU.
“It is worth highlighting that the values to be executed are in line with the limitations imposed by article 93 of Law no. 13,303/16”, says the institution.
The bank adds that, regarding other details, it will comment in due course in the case file.
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