Open Contracting Partnership

APRIL 16, 2025

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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VWV

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The Cabinet Office has recently revised timescales for the public procurement reforms and postponed introducing the draft Procurement Bill into Parliament. The draft Procurement Bill was originally anticipated to be introduced into Parliament this Autumn. What's Changing? When Will This Come Into Effect?

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Open Contracting Partnership

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Challenge: Despite ongoing government reforms, corruption and inefficient spending remains pervasive in Kazakhstan’s public procurement. And two-thirds of public spending is conducted through an opaque quasi-governmental sector. Public procurement is a huge field for the work of NGOs.

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Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Challenge : In 2020, only 5% of Lithuania’s public procurement spending by value used green criteria that favor environmentally friendly products and services. Results : Levels of green procurement uptake across Lithuanian public institutions have increased to 94% by value and 93% by total procedures as of 1 December 2023.

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Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 30, 2024

In this post as part of our series exploring the impact of AI on public procurement , we’ll outline our approach and lessons learned. But the EU’s procurement notices use the Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV), not these product groups, so we had to match the product groups to CPV codes (see our spreadsheet ).

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Open Contracting Partnership

JULY 5, 2023

They are also working on tools to help contracting authorities to analyze their own data, for example, to monitor the average lead time of their tenders, or decide which award criteria to use when preparing a tender. They used the data to address specific agencies, and posted about it on LinkedIn.

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How to Crack a Nut

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The role of competition in public procurement regulation continues to be debated. Bringing together voices representing a wide range of views, this webinar will explore these issues and provide a space for reflective discussion on competition and public procurement. Free webinar: 22 March 2024 2pm UK / 3pm CET / 4pm EET.

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