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Empowering auditors: Indonesia uses data-driven oversight to clean up its corruption-prone procurement sector

Open Contracting Partnership

Semarang City made a similar agreement in 2023. At the time, few complaints were submitted through the LKPP’s official procurement complaints handling mechanisms, e-pengaduan , due in part to the high burden of proof required before complaints were “approved” or progressed for follow-up.

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Collaborative Frameworks update: June 2024

Scottish Government Procurement

Framework Public Bodies will be notified in advance of the effective date of any new pricing and a new Lyreco catalogue will be uploaded in due course. An updated version of the framework catalogue will be published this week (week commencing 24 June 2024) to include changes to Apple and Microsoft Surface products. to £281.31

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A red light for corruption: How the Dominican Republic is using open data, better processes & collaboration to fight corruption

Open Contracting Partnership

Although the agency had made improvements in competition, adopting a transactional e-GP platform and working to include more women businesses , it continued to face major challenges. And more public buyers are using the system – up from 314 in 2020 to 437 in 2023. in 2020 to 96% in 2023. in 2020 to 59.7% in 2020 to 59.7%

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Friday Flash 04/26/2024

The Coalition for Government Procurement

The final rule saw several changes from its proposed form, including two particularly relevant to the concerns that Coalition members expressed in our comments : The rule specifies that the October 2023 Recommendations on Specifications, Standards and Ecolabels from the EPA control what is considered a sustainable product or service.