Neutrosophic method for making decisions on bidding procedures for the acquisition of goods and services in public procurement

Abstract

Public procurement legislation in Ecuador has undergone a profound change with the issuance of the Or- ganic Law of the National Public Procurement System and the use of ICT-generated tools. Bidding is a procedure for awarding contracts, provided for in this legal body. However, the selection of suppliers for certain non-standardized goods and services represents a conflict that is assumed by the decision makers in the bidding processes. This research proposes a solution to the problem posed by the development of a decision making method for the bidding of non-standardized goods and services as part of the public procurement process. The proposed method implements neutral numbers to model uncertainty.