Open Contracting Partnership

JULY 5, 2023

In October, EU countries will be required to adopt eForms in a bid to improve the quality of data published on the block’s government tendering. All Dutch authorities must publish their above-the-threshold tenders via the TenderNed platform , so businesses can access all public data and documents from a single webpage.

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Data Tender Procurement E-procurement 52

Open Contracting Partnership

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The media organization ProTenge, which exposed tenders to buy books and publish articles about the ex-President that were subsequently canceled. Civic procurement monitoring in Kazakhstan at a glance Members of Kun Jarygy have monitored 1,222 tenders worth KZT 346 billion (~US$725 million) in the coalition’s first year.

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Procurement E-procurement Public Procurement Corruption 120

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Affecting around 4000 public buyers, the decree defines procurement as ‘green’ if it uses green criteria, recognized certificates, ecolabels or environmental management systems for no less than 50% of total procurement value. The LPPO had to learn on the go about the challenges of using green criteria.

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Procurement Buyers E-procurement Public Procurement 89

Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 30, 2024

A star indicates requirements included in the EU’s green criteria for furniture. EU Member States must publish their procurement notices to Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) , so we used TED data to rank the product groups by number of procurement notices, to produce a shortlist of product groups to investigate.

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Procurement Public Procurement Green Public Procurement Electronics 62