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Assessing the Procurement Act 2023: What's in Store for UK SMEs?

Spend Network

The Procurement Bill recently received Royal Assent on 26 October , becoming the Procurement Act 2023. This legislation represents one of the most substantial overhauls of the UK's public procurement system in decades. While now law, the Act's provisions still need to be fully in force.

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What the New UK Procurement Bill Means for Suppliers

Spend Network

The UK's upcoming Procurement Bill , designed to reshape the post-Brexit public procurement system, is entering its final legislative phase. The House of Lords is reviewing amendments proposed by the Commons, with the next session scheduled for October 24, 2023.

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B2Gov: Meet the open data bundlers turning binners into winners

Open Contracting Partnership

The team at B2Gov, based in Argentina and made up of 19 people, offers clients the chance to boost their business capacities in the public procurement market, to understand the competitive dynamics of the market in advance, to conduct performance assessments and devise strategies to succeed in future opportunities.

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Purchasing uncertain or indefinite requirements – guest post by ?erban Filipon

How to Crack a Nut

I am delighted to present to How to Crack a Nut readers an outline of my recently published book Framework Agreements, Supplier Lists and Other Public Procurement Tools: Purchasing Uncertain or Indefinite Requirements (Hart Publishing, 2023).

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CREDERE to support Colombia’s small businesses to win business with the government

Open Contracting Partnership

Bogota, Colombia, 4 October 2023 — Colombia’s public procurement market is around $150 billion annually, making it a unique opportunity to boost business growth, especially for small companies. The value awarded to SMEs in 2022 was 16 billion Colombian pesos (around 28%).

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

Open Contracting Partnership

In 2022, OCP published an impact story about how Indonesia’s authorities have been working with civil society to curb corruption by improving timely oversight of the public procurement system, which spans over 600 decentralized government agencies. Semarang City made a similar agreement in 2023.

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Unlocking opportunities: How Ekiti State, Nigeria is enabling women businesses through better procurement practices

Open Contracting Partnership

Results: The number of women-led businesses registered in the official state public procurement system increased by 43% from 2021 and 2022 to a total of 158 businesses, winning a total of 47 contracts, up from a mere 7 in 2020. This resulted in an updated Procurement Manual ratified by the State Executive Council in May 2023.