Open Contracting Partnership

JUNE 26, 2024

By Torplus Yomnak, Co-Founder of HAND Social Enterprise and the Director of the Knowledge Hub for Regional Anti-Corruption and Good Governance Collaboration (KRAC) In May 2021, amid the pandemic lockdowns, a villager in Thailand took a stroll on the outskirts of their town, making an unexpected discovery that would stir the local community.

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How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

However, as the pervasive abuses of direct awards under the emergency conditions generated by the covid pandemic evidenced in virtually all jurisdictions, dispensing with those requirements, checks and balances comes with a very high price tag for taxpayers in terms of corruption, favouritism, and wastage of public funds.

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Select GCR

MAY 14, 2024

For instance, FAR includes a provision at 52.203-2, Certificate of Independent Price Determination, which ensures independent bids and prevents collusive pricing in government contracting. For instance, in 2021, the FAR was updated to include rules on building accessibility into products and services procured by the government.

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How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 28, 2023

To address those issues, the European Commission was planning to ‘ Elaborate a data initiative for public procurement data covering both the EU dimension (EU datasets, such as TED) and the national ones ’ by the end of 2020, which would be ‘ complemented by a procurement data governance framework ’ by mid 2021. prices) ’ (at 7, fn 17).

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