Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to report the experience of the Federal Public Institution with sustainable public procurement through the mechanism of shared acquisitions.
Design/methodology/approach
The analysis adopted a qualitative approach and an empirical investigation of MPF’s experience, based on a documentary research and participant observation.
Findings
The results allow the authors to demonstrate the economic, environmental and social advantages of the procurement made by MPF, thus granting to this new model of acquisition governance, the adherence to the organization’s institutional mission.
Research limitations/implications
This is a single case study.
Practical implications
It is a promising path that optimizes the institution’s use of its budgetary, human, logistical and information technology resources, focusing on the quality and sustainability of public biddings.
Social implications
The process of collective construction, improvement of knowledge management, standardization, procedural and scale economies, and the use of sustainability criteria are the main reasons for the implementation of the sustainable shared acquisitions system in the institution.
Originality/value
This is a development process of a new paradigm of procurement at MPF.
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