Open Contracting Partnership

APRIL 16, 2025

All state-regulated procurement in Kazakhstan totaled US $61 billion in 2023, or 23% of gross domestic product. General government procurement accounts for nearly a third of that spending. Figure 1: State-regulated procurement in Kazakhstan is made up of three markets. Our research examines the general procurement market.

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Procurement Public Procurement Tender E-procurement 52

Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 28, 2024

Open contracting approach: The open contracting risk monitoring platform Opentender.net empowers auditors to prioritize which procedures to investigate, gather evidence and respond to public complaints more effectively. Data-driven monitoring enables citizens to submit high-quality complaints to authorities.

Corruption 90

Corruption Data E-procurement Procurement 90

How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 28, 2023

The 2020 data strategy stressed that Public procurement data are essential to improve transparency and accountability of public spending, fighting corruption and improving spending quality. In many cases, the data quality needs to be improved.

Procurement 52

Procurement Public Procurement Buyers Thresholds 52

Tracker Intelligence

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Pre-negotiated terms are provided that reduce the complexity for contracting authorities in procurement whilst allowing suppliers to capture opportunities more efficiently. These agreements take on even greater importance under the Procurement Act 2023, with greater emphasis on transparency, competition and sustainability.

Framework Agreement 52

Framework Agreement Procurement Supplier Tender 52

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The measures seem to have increased trust in the reforms: more than 20,000 new suppliers have registered, competition is growing across open procurement processes, and supplier diversity is up 27%. Corruption in public procurement makes us poorer and takes our rights away.” in 2020 to 96% in 2023. in 2020 to 59.7%

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Corruption Collaboration Data Public Procurement 78

Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

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.

Procurement 89

Procurement E-procurement Public Procurement Bidding 89

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 22, 2023

They leveraged Paraguay’s high quality, publicly accessible open contracting data to measure the existing participation of these smaller businesses and to understand their challenges in working with government buyers. Second, they sought to leverage Paraguay’s accessible, high quality open contracting data.

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Procurement Tender Public Procurement Bidder 62