Procurement Procedures and Regulations Guide
Procurement Procedures and Regulations Guide
What type of goods does the principle of Technological Timeliness apply to?
Consulting
B) All goods and services including consulting
C) Computer equipment, printing and medical equipment
D) Standardized office supplies
Question 2
The guarantee of faithful compliance can be used for:
Question 3
Among others, from the following options, which aspects are mandatory for the
formulation of the terms of reference?
Question 4
Depending on the amount, what type of guarantee will be required if the contract budget exceeds USD
$64,160.73 (0.000002 of the PIE)
Technical Guarantee
B) Good Use of Anticipation
C) Faithful compliance
D) All the guarantees outlined in the Commercial Law
Question 5
In which of the following acquisitions can a Minimal Amount procedure be applied?
A) For office furniture cataloged as long as it does not exceed the amount established for each
purchase
B) For food and beverages intended for human and animal consumption
C) For the contracts made with media outlets for the dissemination of actions of
government for an amount of $70,000.00
D) Consulting service
Question 6
The contracts entered into between entities of the State are carried out by the procedure of:
Question 7
What is the amount established for contracting through the Inclusive Fairs procedure?
A) Only if the reference budget is greater than multiplying the coefficient 0.000002 of the PIE.
USD $64,160.73
B) There is no consideration of amounts
C) Only if the reference budget is less than or equal to multiplying the coefficient
0.0000002 of the PIE (USD $6,416.07)
D) Only if the reference budget is less than or equal to multiply the coefficient 0.000002
of PIE (USD $64,160.73)
Question 8
In which procedures are complete definitive and updated studies and designs necessary?
plans and calculations, technical specifications, duly approved
Question 9
Can partial awards be made in a Procurement Procedure for Goods?
A) Yes, as long as the consultancy is not included in the PAC and does not exceed the budget of 0.0000002
USD $7,263.42
B) Yes, by resolution of the highest authority of the entity
C) No, the LOSNCP establishes its own procedures for Consulting
D) Yes, as long as it is contracted with actors of the popular and solidarity economy
Question 11
Can the experience of legal entities be credited by partners and shareholders as long as
when?
The legal entity must have been in legal existence for at least three years.
B) The reference budget of the process is less than $500.00.
C) The legal entity has been in legal existence for two years and has been registered for one year.
RUP
D) The partners are registered in the RUP
Question 12
What is one of the main characteristics in the recruitment process through inclusive fairs?
Question 13
The guarantees of faithful compliance with the contract and proper use of the advance, in applicable cases, are
they will present:
Question 14
The awarding in a works quoting procedure is done taking into account:
Question 16
What is understood as a Terms of Reference?
A) These are the fundamental characteristics that the goods or items required must fulfill.
B) They constitute the specific conditions under which the consultancy will be developed or
they will provide the services
C) They are the technical specifications under which the acquisition of goods is carried out and the
provision of services including consulting services
D) They are the specific needs to be met, the objectives, and the conditions of service provision.
from which goods and services are acquired
Question 17
When is the price adjustment applied in a works or services contract?
Question 18
In the system, at the 'In Reception' stage to complete a process, the entity must log in with the
user of:
A) Contract Administrator
B) Creator of the process
C) With any type of user
D) Portal Administrator
Question 19
In which procedure is the reference budget not visible?
A) Quotation
B) Tender
C) Electronic Reverse Auction
D) Electronic catalog
Question 20
If the validity of the offer is not provided for in the documents, it will be understood to be valid until?
Question 21
What procedure is real estate leasing part of?
A) Dynamic Procedures
B) Special Procedures
C) Common Regime
D) Special Regime
Question 22
Can partial awards be made in an Inclusive Fairs procedure?
A) Yes, partial awards can already be made in the contracts for the execution of
Works and the provision of services including consulting services
B) No, since partial awards are exclusive to Consulting procedures.
C) Yes, in the Inclusive Fairs procedure it is possible to make partial awards.
D) No, since the Inclusive Fair is a special procedure.
Question 23
What relevant document should be published in the contractual phase?
A) Bill
B) Market study
C) Handover receipt document
D) Budget Certification
Question 24
Which of the following options is NOT a condition to be a supplier in procedures of
Inclusive Holidays?
Question 26
For the definition of technical specifications in procurement procedures, the
contracting entities must be based on:
Question 27
In a bidding process for works, what should the participation percentage be?
What is the minimum Ecuadorian requirement that the provider must have in their offer to avoid disqualification?
Question 28
Who designates the Administrator of a contract?
Question 29
What document will formalize the purchases made through the Catalog system?
A) Framework Agreement
B) Purchase order and delivery receipt act
C) Invoice
D) Contract with the supplier
Question 30
What time will be prohibited in the RUP for a sanctioned provider as a non-compliant contractor?
A year
Three years
C) Five years
Six years
Question 31
How can the general and specific experience of a hiring process be accredited?
public?
Question 32
In which contracting procedure can the director intervene in the technical committee?
financial and legal, or their delegates, with voice but without vote?
A) Bidding
B) Contest Public
C) Quotation
D) Electronic Reverse Auction
Question 33
In the event of delays in the delivery of goods purchased through the Catalog
Electronically, the application of fines will be the sole responsibility of:
Question 34
Can the fines imposed on the contractor be challenged?
A) Yes, they can be challenged in administrative headquarters, through the respective appeals or in
judicial or arbitral seat
B) No, the penalties imposed cannot be contested as it is an administrative contract.
C) No, the imposed fines cannot be contested as they are solely the responsibility
of the contract administrator
D) Yes, the challenges will be submitted to SERCOP.
Question 35
In the Lesser Amount of Goods and Services, the invitation will be sent to local suppliers, first.
level place:
A) Regional
B) National
C) Provincial
D) Cantonal
Question 36
In public procurement procedures, from what date can the contracting entity
answer the
questions asked by suppliers through the system?
Question 37
What study is conducted in a bidding procedure for works to determine the value
Ecuadorian Added
Question 38
What is the duration range of the bidding in the Reverse Auction procedure?
Question 39
Contracts under a Minimum Amount procedure will be authorized by:
Question 41
What is NOT applicable in the Comprehensive Hiring at Fixed Price?
Question 42
What procedure cannot be carried out for the hiring of airline tickets with agencies?
trips?
Question 43
In a Minor Amount Procedure for Goods and Services, suppliers may submit their
expression of interest in a term of:
48 hours
B) 72 hours
C) 24 hours
D) The one indicated in the documents
Question 44
Can a supplier participate in the bidding if they did not submit the initial economic offer despite the fact that
Did the entity enable him?
A) Yes, since the entity can enable bidders for the auction even if they did not previously submit.
his initial economic offers
B) Yes, since the Entity has enabled it to participate in the bid and the system allows for submitting the offer.
initial economic during the bidding
C) Yes, since participation in the bidding does not require the submission of the initial economic offer.
D) No, since to participate in the bidding it is required that the bidders have submitted through the system.
your initial economic offer
Question 45
Before which entity should complaints be filed by those with a direct interest in a
hiring procedure?
Question 46
The CPC of the batch in the procedures of Electronic Reverse Auction, at what level is it selected?
A) A level 5
B) In the procedures of Electronic Reverse Auction, there are no Lots.
C) At level 9
D) A level 8
Question 47
What would happen in the system, in a procedure if the Contracting Entity is unable to evaluate the
offers until before the Qualification deadline?
A) The system will not allow the following stages of the procedure to continue, and in
consequence must declare it deserted
B) The Highest Authority can decide to continue outside the system with the procedure
C) The system will wait for the Contracting Entity to complete the qualification, regardless of whether
the deadline for grading has passed
D) The system will allow the following stages of the procedure to continue.
Question 48
When can a supplier be enabled in the Official System in Electronic Reverse Auction?
State contracting (SOCE) to participate in the bidding?
A) When the initial economic offer is less than 5% of the reference budget
B) When they send the technical offer
C) When the technical offer was validated
D) When the technical offer meets all the requirements of the specifications and the bidder submits the
initial economic offer
Question 49
In a Minor Works Procedure, the economic offer:
Question 50
What CANNOT be demanded in the specifications?
Question 51
Please indicate which of the following options should be considered for the determination of an asset or
normalized service?
Question 52
Which of the following officials is part of the Technical Commission?
Question 54
Who can request the presumed reception before a public notary or a civil judge?
A) The contractor
B) The contract administrator with the final acceptance certificate
C) The contractor in coordination with the contracting entity
D) The contracting entity
Question 55
What is a bid?
Question 56
Of the following types of processes, indicate which one negotiation applies to?
A) Special Procedures
B) In all special regime procedures
C) Inclusive Holidays
D) Consulting Procedures
Question 57
Which of the following hires does not belong to the Special Regime procedures?
Question 59
Which of the following statements are subject to the specific regulations of the Special Regime?
A) Construction of an overpass
B) Acquisition of vehicles
C) The Execution of an artistic, literary, or scientific work
D) Transportation service for public servants
Question 60
In what proportion will the payment of advances be contemplated in complementary contracts?
A) In the proportion determined by the highest authority of the entity, or their delegate, in the
respective resolution
B) In the proportion agreed upon by the Contract Administrator with the contractor
C) In the same proportion provided for in the original contract
D) In complementary contracts, advances should not be paid.
Question 62
The experience of legal entities can be accredited by partners and shareholders as long as
when?
Question 63
What amount will be used to establish the value of the fines?
A) Only with small business suppliers or EPS actors, regardless of the location
B)Personnatural or legal persons with tax domicile in the country
C) Natural persons residing in the country
D) Micro and small enterprises or actors in the Popular and Solidarity Economy sector
registered and authorized in the RUP residing in the locality where the project will be carried out
Question 65
Considering the type of hiring, what aspects will the highest authority take into account?
award the
contract?
A) The contract will always be awarded to the bidder that offers the entity the best conditions.
gifts and
future in technical, financial, and legal aspects without the lowest price being the only factor
selection parameter
B) Preferably, the contracting entities will award the contracts to micro and small
units
productive
C) The contract will always be awarded to the bidder who offers the lowest price.
D) To the bidder whose proposal presents the best cost, in the terms defined in the LAW
Question 66
Which of the following grounds can be used to declare a process void?
A) When it is necessary to introduce the substantial reform that changes the object of the contract
B) Due to the absence of questions from the suppliers in the corresponding stage
C) If the need does not persist
D) For not having submitted any offer
Question 67
In which contracting procedures to access the evaluation of the economic proposal, the
The technical offer must score at least 70 points; otherwise, it will be disqualified.
Question 69
What is the maximum number of registered consultants in the RUP that must be chosen and invited?
contracting entity in a Short List hiring procedure?
A) 3 providers
B) The system selects the suppliers
C) 6 suppliers
D) 4 suppliers
Question 70
In which procurement procedure is the formation of the technical committee not applicable?
Question 71
Which of the following documents is not considered relevant within the pre-contractual stage?
a procedure?
Question 72
To make the guarantees effective, will the contracting entity have preference?
A) Yes, however the contracting entity must carry out the administrative procedure provided for in the
guarantees and/or insurance policies
B) No, the contracting entity must wait for the opinion of the insurance company to proceed.
effective compliance guarantee to the clause in which the administrative procedure is established
previous
C) No, preferences no longer relate to guarantees, rather, they apply to certain
public procurement procedures
D) Yes, it will have preference over any other creditor regardless of the nature and the title in the
that which underlies her claim
Question 73
Which of the following acquisitions is included in the special cases of the Ínfima?
Amount?
Question 74
In which procedure is it not required for the supplier to be registered or authorized in the RUP?
Question 75
Which of the following acquisitions is included in the special cases of the Infima?
Amount?
Question 76
In the acquisitions of goods and services through catalog purchases, what is it or what does it mean?
the posture?
A) It is the offer that will be presented by the interested suppliers to offer their goods or services in
electronic catalog
B) The term posture refers to the agreement signed between the contracting entity and the supplier prior to the
acquisition of goods and services through electronic catalog
C) It is the economic offer that the listed supplier will present to participate in the
direct purchase procedures, best offer, best offer with bidding
It is the lowest price of the cataloged product that was entered by the supplier.
Question 77
If in a contracting entity, when forming the technical committee, it does not have a related professional
object of contracting How would this commission be formed?
Question 78
What is one of the responsibilities of suppliers that are part of the catalog?
electronic?
Question 79
In what cases can a procurement procedure be canceled?
A) Due to all the submitted offers being considered inappropriate for national interests or
institutional
B) Due to the absence of submitted bids
C) For reasons attributable to the awardee
D) For substantial violation of a pre-contractual procedure
Question 80
Which of the following reasons is grounds for the cancellation of a procedure?
Question 81
In which contracting procedure is the evaluation methodology used as the only method?
Complies/Does Not Comply?
A) Quotation
B) Comprehensive Contract for a Fixed Price
C) Bidding
D) Electronic Reverse Auction
Question 82
In an Electronic Reverse Auction procedure, during which stages does the portal allow for
offering the registration of the initial economic bid?
A) After the evaluation of bids and prior to the negotiation session or the auction
B) Immediately after the question and answer stage is concluded
C) Before the bid submission deadline
D) Between the submission of bids and the validation of errors
Question 83
The contracting entity during the structuring of the documents must observe the following:
A) Under no circumstances will the equal treatment that entities must provide to bidders be affected.
B) The use of the published document model on the institutional portal is not mandatory.
SERCOP
C) Require specifications, conditions, or technical requirements that the national offer does not
can fulfill
D) The model of the sheets should not be modified in any of its sections.
Question 84
In which procedure does the supplier not need to be registered or authorized in the RUP?
Question 85
In which of the following procedures is it not necessary to provide guarantees of faithful compliance?
A) Minimal Amount
B) Quotation
C) Minor Amount Works
D) Short List Consulting
Question 86
Can the hiring planned under the Special Regime also be declared as emergency?
Question 88
What other forms of guarantees can be presented to contract an artistic or literary work?
scientific?
A) Letters of credit
B) Shares granted personally
C) Checks issued in person
D) Promissory notes or bills of exchange granted personally
Question 89
The Annual Procurement Plan can be amended by:
Question 90
The hiring for the development of software with a reference budget of $45,000 will be
you will be able to carry out through the procedure of:
Question 91
In what cases cannot a contract be awarded through the procedure of Minimal Amount?
Question 93
If the contract amount does not exceed the coefficient of 0.0000002 of the PIE (USD $ 6416.07) can I
hire a consultancy for a minimal amount?
Question 94
A medium-sized company has preference margins in a goods quotation procedure.
and services?
Question 95
When will the unilateral termination of the contract proceed exclusively, in Contracting?
Fixed Price Integral?
A) Due to the nature of the Comprehensive Contracting processes for Fixed Price, it is not foreseen
early and unilateral termination of contracts
B) When faced with circumstances of force majeure or fortuitous events indicated by the Entity
contracting party, the Contractor will not accept termination by mutual agreement
C) Unforeseen technical or economic circumstances of fortuitous event or force majeure duly
verified
D) Unforeseen variations in the unit prices of the project that were not contemplated in the
contract as long as it is not possible to sign a complementary contract
Question 96
By what contracting procedure can the contracting entity rehire?
immediately the contractual object if the contract was terminated unilaterally?
Question 97
What is the only procedure that is exempt from being published on the Institutional Portal?
SERCOP?
Question 98
When is it considered that an offer of goods and services is of national origin?
Question 99
What effects will the final declaration of desertion of a contracting procedure have?
Question 100
Who is responsible for recording the information regarding the execution of the contract on the portal?
Institutional of SERCOP?
A) The financial director and the legal director or their delegates, with voice and vote
B) The Administrative Financial Director with voice and vote
C) The financial director and the legal director or their delegates, with a voice but without a vote
D) The highest authority with a voice but without a vote
Question 102
When is the faithful performance guarantee returned in construction contracts?
Question 103
How many members must necessarily be present to establish the quorum and start a
Technical Commission session?
Question 104
Is it possible for the contracting entity to be in default of payment if the advance given has not been
accrued in full?
Question 105
Which of the following contracting entities could request authorization for transfer from SERCOP?
business specific?
A) Inter-institutional agreement
B) Hiring of goods and services
C) Rental of real estate
D) In no case
Question 107
The price agreed for the acquisition of a certain real estate property shall not exceed
under no circumstances:
A) The mediation that the entity will carry out with the owner of the asset
B) The appraisal that appears in the previous purchase deed
C) The appraisal conducted by the appraisal and cadastre department of the municipality
D) The 10% on the appraisal made by the appraisals and cadastre department of the municipality.
Question 108
From the notification of the award of the offer, the supplier must?
A) Deliver the guarantees within 15 days and request payment of the contract
B) Sign the handover delivery minutes within the term of 15 days
C) Sign the contract within a period of 15 days
D) Sign the contract within a period of 15 days
Question 109
In a minor amount proceeding for goods and services, suppliers may submit their
Expression of interest in a term of?
48 hours
B) 24 hours
C) The one indicated in the documents
D) 72 hours
Question 110
In which procedure is the contracting entity urged to have at least three proposals?
from suppliers?
A) Quotation
B) Minimal Amount
C) Electronic Reverse Auction
D) Public competition
Question 111
In a quotation contracting procedure, if the place was incorrectly selected,
the contracting entity must?
A) In the event that it becomes necessary to construct a new work due to unforeseen or technical reasons.
B) In the event that it is necessary to expand, modify, or complement a work determined by causes
unexpected or technical
C) In the event that it is necessary to subcontract the partial execution of the work.
D) In the case where it has been necessary to rectify the designs or studies
Question 114
In the process of quoting works at the time of registering the contract, what documents are needed?
Should they upload to the system?
Question 115
Can the contracting for the software development with a reference budget of 46,600 be done?
to carry out by means of the procedure of?
A) Special Regime
B) Minimal Amount
C) Direct contracting consultancy
D) Minor Amount Services
Question 116
At what stage is the formation of the technical committee carried out?
High School
B) Contractual
C) Contractual
D) Execution
Question 117
When should the Technical Commission be formed in a Reverse Auction procedure?
Electronics?
A) When the reference budget exceeds 0.000002 of the PIE (USD 64,160.73)
B) When the reference budget is less than 0.000002 of the PIE (USD 64,160.73)
C) When indicated by the highest authority of the contracting entity
D) When the authorization from SERCOP is obtained
Question 118
In a Short List Consulting procedure, only one provider has participated and has complied.
with the technical offer according to what is stated in the regulations, which of the following options is the
correct in order to continue the process?
Question 119
What is understood as a technical specification?
A) These are the fundamental characteristics that the required goods or items must meet.
B) They are the specific conditions under which the acquisition of goods will take place.
provision of services including consulting services
C) They are the terms of reference under which the acquisition of goods and the provision
including consultancy services
D) They are the specific needs to be met, the objectives and conditions of provision under the
how services are acquired
Question 120
In the Minor Amount Procedure for Goods and Services, how many suppliers will receive it?
the invitation in the first selection?
Question 122
Foreign legal entities that wish to engage in consulting activities must be
registered in the RUP and as a consequence be domiciled in Ecuador?
Question 123
In the system, the stage 'In Reception' requires the entity to log in with the user to finalize a process.
A) Contract Administrator
B) Portal Administrator
C) With any type of user
D) Creator of the process
Question 124
What type of purchase order is generated in the catalog when the order value exceeds
amount of the Minimum Value of Goods and Services?
A) Direct
B) Only best offer
C) Only bids
D) Great purchase with bidding or best offer
Question 125
The responsibilities regarding contract management are of a:
1 year
6 years
C) 5 years
D) 3 years
Question 127
What is the most suitable procedure for hiring a television space to broadcast in
the citizenship the inauguration of hospitals built by the National Government?
Question 128
According to the LOSNCP, which contracts will be notarized?
A) Those whose amount exceeds the amount of the contribution for goods and services or works
respectively
B) All contracts
C) Those whose amount exceeds the value of the lower amount of goods, services, or works
respectively
D) Those whose amount exceeds the value of the bidding for goods and services or works
respectively
Question 129
At what stage of the Electronic Reverse Auction process must the contracting entity publish the
market studies for the definition of reference budget?
A) Validation of offers
B) To be awarded
C) Questions, answers and clarifications
D) Evaluation of offers
Question 130
In a Minor Amount Works procedure, the qualification of suppliers on the institutional portal
of SERCOP for the draw is conducted by:
Inclusive Fair
B) Quotation of Goods and Services
C) Electronic Reverse Auction
D) Electronic Catalog
Question 132
In the bidding procedures, when does the contractual phase begin in the SOCE?
Question 133
Do the offers submitted with electronic signature require the validation of pagination errors or of
summary?
A) It is no longer necessary to number and summarize the offer with an electronic signature.
B) Only in processes where the budget exceeds that defined for the Tender for Goods and Services
C) In all cases
D) Only works and consulting procedures
Question 134
When does the order of precedence apply for the subscription of contracts, for goods, services and
works?
A) Office furniture
B) Stationery and Office Supplies
C) Computers
D) Spare Parts or Accessories
Question 137
In which contracting procedure is the supplier requested to adhere to the reference budget?
Question 138
What type of purchases can be contracted under the contracting procedure in a situation of
emergency?
Question 139
Any violation of the LOSNCP committed by authorities, officials, public or private employees
or any person who acts or has intervened in the public procurement process to
the name of the contracting entities will be sanctioned:
A) In the acquisition of real estate abroad by the state or entities of the sector
public
Ecuadorian
B) When the State or a public institution has exclusively the status of lessee
C) When the State or a Public Institution is exclusively in the capacity of lessor.
D) When the State or a public institution acts as the landlord as the tenant
Question 142
If there is an inconsistency between the information recorded in the forms that are part of the
integrity of the offer concerning the supporting or evidentiary documents of a certain
conditions, will be considered errors:
A) Of convalidable nature
B) Correction error by the entity
C) Arithmetic errors
D) Irremediable errors
Question 143
What is the percentage of Ecuadorian added value that determines that a good or service is of
national origin?
A) Breach of contractor
B) Breached supplier
C) Failed contractor
D) Failed contractor
Question 145
To address emergency situations, the Minister of State or generally the highest authority
a contracting entity must previously issue a reasoned resolution that stipulates: