Case study on the micro and small companies participation in Santa Catarina State public procurement using data analytics

The objective of this article was to analyze the micro companies and small companies (MC/SCs) participation in public procurement in Santa Catarina State. The study was carried out based on open data made available by the State, using active and passive transparency, in addition to unstructured interviews that made it possible to create guiding questions used in a qualitative-quantitative analysis, in the period from 2011 to 2022, using data analytics tools for processing and analysis informations (Python for processing and Power BI, for creating dashboards). The results demonstrated the relevance of MC/SCs in public procurement in Santa Catarina State, with emphasis on companies from Santa Catarina participating in government tenders state. In addition, there was a focus on financial volumes and numbers of contracts focused on the areas of education, infrastructure, agrarian and public security. However, it was found that the State database needs improvements, mainly in relation to the suppliers registration.