Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The government took three key steps: i) careful planning for the green transition; ii) implementing green public procurement (GPP) in practice with a focus on building the capacity of public buyers; and iii) learning powered by data-driven monitoring with a public dashboard. Or how could buyers minimize the very real risk of greenwashing?

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Procurement Buyers E-procurement Public Procurement 89

Open Contracting Partnership

OCTOBER 30, 2023

In late 2022, this question led them to look at value added tax (VAT), the second highest source of revenue for Kazakhstan’s budget. The e-procurement system generated savings worth 485 billion tenge (~US$1 billion) in 2021, (calculated by the Center as the difference between the budget and awarded value).

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Procurement E-procurement Public Procurement Corruption 120

Open Contracting Partnership

JULY 5, 2023

On TenderNed’s website, they regularly publish insights into key issues, such as the top 10 innovation-friendly public buyers , most common purchases (using CPV codes) , and the substantial increase in hiring of consultancy firms. They used the data to address specific agencies, and posted about it on LinkedIn.

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Data Tender Procurement E-procurement 52

Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 30, 2024

In the EU, the TED data was somewhat incomplete; for example, in 2022, about 75% of the 7,817 procurement notices contained technical criteria (the rest expressed these criteria in separate documents that would have needed to be downloaded from individual procurement authority’s websites), and only about 50% contained non-price award criteria.

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Procurement Public Procurement Green Public Procurement Electronics 62