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How Kazakhstan is combating non-competitive procurement

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The achievement Kazakhstan has seen a dramatic decline in the use of single-source procurement in recent years. In the general public procurement market (valued at around US$19 billion annually), direct awards have dropped from 81% of the value of all procedures in 2017 to 23.5%

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Wheelie good procurement: How Mexico City halved costs and improved its bike share scheme

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The post Wheelie good procurement: How Mexico City halved costs and improved its bike share scheme appeared first on Open Contracting Partnership. Download our infographic to get all the results at a glance. And read the full story here.

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European Court of Auditors publishes report on public procurement

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The European Court of Auditors published yesterday its report on EU public procurement between 2011 and 2021 , looking into the competition for public contracts covered by EU rules. We also note that some of the objectives of the 2014 reform may at times go against the overarching objective of ensuring competition in public procurement.”

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Why Malaysia needs a new public procurement law

Open Contracting Partnership

The Scorpene submarine affair and the more recent Littoral Combat Ship scandal centered around mismanagement within defence procurement. Among the reform areas identified was the country’s public procurement system. In 2022, a new unity government was formed under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim coalition’s leadership.

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Ivalua Paints a Great Procurement Picture at Ivalua NOW Chicago 2019

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Ivalua CEO David Khuat-Duy on Tuesday kicked off Ivalua NOW 2019 Chicago, at the Renaissance Chicago Downtown Hotel and welcomed hundreds of customers, prospects and partners. Just building great Procurement solutions that customers clearly love (in 2018 once again maintaining the industry’s highest retention rate, over 98%).

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IVALUA NOW 2019 reveals innovations that will transform The Art of Procurement

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Premier event for Procurement & Supply Chain practitioners will showcase latest innovations in Artificial Intelligence and extensive line-up of industry leaders. Ivalua, a leading provider of global Spend Management Cloud solutions, today announced the agenda for its marquee annual event series, Ivalua NOW 2019.

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Justice Department expands its procurement fraud strike force

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Sometimes federal procurements don’t go according to the rules. That’s what the Justice Department’s Procurement Collusion Strike Force tries to discover and prosecute. And we’ve been around since late 2019. Tom Temin And since 2019, how busy has the strike force been? Is it mostly whistleblowers?

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