Referee yellow card; illustrative image Art Editor/Globoesporte.com The City Hall of Itanhaém, on the coast of São Paulo, suspended a tender that predicted spending of up to R$1.28 million to hire referees in municipal sports competitions for one year. Proposals would be received between this Monday (15) and Wednesday (18). According to the municipal administration, the bidding was suspended by the Department of Sports and Leisure for technical adjustments to the notice. The changes involve the reorganization of lots, changes to the Terms of Reference and improvements to arbitration requirements to provide greater legal certainty to the process. The Electronic Auction had been published at the beginning of the month, estimating the expenditure of R$ 1,280,500 to hire a company specialized in sports arbitration to attend competitions promoted by the secretariat. ✅Click here to follow the g1 Santos channel on WhatsApp. Of the amount, around R$712,000 would be allocated solely to football refereeing, with up to 800 matches scheduled for the year. Between 50 and 150 athletics, basketball, futsal, footvolley, beach volleyball, handball and volleyball events were also planned. Now on g1 The city hall informed that the value of R$ 1.28 million was defined based on price research, considering the number of games per sport, the composition of the arbitration teams and the values practiced in the market. Auction According to the terms of reference, the justification for the auction is that the secretariat does not have referees on its own staff and needs to hire a specialized company to guarantee the technical, disciplinary and impartial conduct of municipal competitions. The company would be responsible for providing qualified referees for various sports, presenting a list of professionals and proving their records and training. VIDEOS: g1 in 1 minute Santos