UFFS Extends Service Contract Until November 2026
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UFFS is a public university in Brazil. It has a contract for services. Now the university made the contract longer.
The new end date is November 2026. Before, the contract had a different end date.
UFFS also added more money to the contract. The new money is R$58,900. This is about 58,900 Brazilian reais.
The full contract is now worth R$1.1 million. This change is called an amendment.
An amendment is a document. It changes part of a contract. It does not make a new contract.
The university did not give more details about the services. We do not know the company's name.
This kind of news is common for public offices. They often extend contracts for basic services.
People can read this news to understand how public money is used.
Vocabulary15 words
- contract
- a paper that says people or companies must do something
- amendment
- a small change to a contract or document
- extend
- to make something longer, like time
- public university
- a school for older students, paid by the government
- services
- work that a company does for another group
- total
- the full amount of something
- government
- the group of people who run a country
- money
- what people use to buy things
- document
- an official paper
- value
- how much something is worth
- company
- a business that sells things or services
- date
- a specific day, month, and year
- Brazil
- a large country in South America
- official
- made by the government or an important group
- budget
- the money a group can spend
Quiz
Answer key
1. Made it longer 2. November 2026 3. R$1.1 million
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
UFFS is a public _____ in Brazil. It has a contract for services. Now the university made the contract _____.
The new end date is _____ 2026. Before, the contract had a different end date.
UFFS also added more _____ to the contract. The new money is R$58,900.
The full contract is now worth R$1.1 _____. This change is called an _____.
An amendment is a _____. It changes part of a contract. It does not make a new contract.
The university did not give more details about the services. We do not know the _____'s name.