Direct Award: open tenders (Dispensa de Licitação)

2,000+ open tenders in Brazil under this method.

A direct award (dispensa de licitação) is a purchase without a full tender, allowed by Article 75 of Law 14,133/2021 in cases such as low-value purchases, emergencies or a previous tender with no bidders. It is still public: in electronic direct awards the agency publishes a notice, receives quotes from any supplier for a few business days and publishes the result on the PNCP. For small companies it is where the most opportunities and the least competition are.

Tender notices are published in Portuguese, so descriptions appear as the agency wrote them. Search with English or Portuguese keywords — common English terms are translated automatically. New to Brazil? Start with how foreign companies can bid.