Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 5, 2024

As ever, we like to bring a goal-driven perspective to public procurement. Procurement planning and market engagement, particularly as we are looking at a rapidly evolving market. And finally, performance monitoring with a focus on accountability regarding the ethical and data management specifics.

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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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How to Crack a Nut

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Public procurement of AI between opportunities and risks Introduction In the past year, the growth in hype around AI and machine learning has been considerable. for law enforcement and essential public services), or not used at all (e.g. transparency for image manipulation), or substantial requirements (e.g.

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How to Crack a Nut

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

The extent and limits to the Commissions duty to assess the compatibility of State aid measures with other rules of EU internal market law, and public procurement rules in particular, continues to heat up (see earlier comment here ).

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Open Contracting Partnership

OCTOBER 11, 2023

A series of recent scandals shows just how little accountability there is. Public oversight is also seen as part of the solution. A commitment in Mongolia’s Open Government Partnership action plan proposes engaging with civil society on public procurement. But what they do with that money remains hidden.

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Scottish Government Procurement

MAY 7, 2024

The Handbook has been developed in collaboration with stakeholders from across the Scottish public procurement landscape as well as policy experts within the Scottish Government. Please take the time to read and familiarise yourself with the updated Procurement Policy Handbook.

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Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 5, 2024

Public procurement should be all about people. We want to enable one billion people to live in more equitable, prosperous and sustainable communities by 2030 by improving US$2 trillion in public procurement spending. Our world runs on public contracts. It’s a means to an end, not an end in itself.

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Procurement E-procurement Public Procurement Sustainability 89

American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

“Local governments face issues that range from balancing public safety and individual privacy rights to managing vast amounts of data securely and efficiently. Transparency and accountability are crucial to maintaining public trust and require clear policies on surveillance use and data access.”

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Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

For years, the benefits of transparency as a policy tool to increase accountability and counter corruption have been lauded. In public procurement, this has given rise to a global movement promoting procurement data transparency, a.k.a. open contracting. But what do these commitments look like in reality?

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The Procurement School

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Author: Helen Doucette “Accept the bid from ABC Company” said the VP of Finance to the Director of Procurement. “I The public procurement world is relatively small, and it seems everyone knows everyone, so reputations are important especially if you are just starting out in the profession. Why not” asked the VP.

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Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

JULY 18, 2017

Manages and oversees the central procurement system to maintain the integrity of the public procurement process and guard against ethical challenges and charges of fraud, waste or inefficiency. Experience and Training: Bachelor's degree in business administration, finance, public administration or closely related field.

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Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Complex financial structures, involving multiple actors and funding sources, further obscure accountability and enable corruption. A crucial question is how to translate that finance into more effective projects and investments on the ground and prevent leakages against governance risks. Now, an estimated 6.5

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Sustainability Contract Finance Public Procurement 57

Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

MARCH 6, 2020

Improving transparency in public procurement, that is publishing more and better-quality data, supports accountability by enabling greater scrutiny over processes and outcomes as well as helping to achieve greater competition and better value for money.

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BLP

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

His specialties include Public Law, Public Procurement & Regulation. He joined the BLP team in 2023 as an associate, after having worked for more than 5 years in Public Administration Institutions of Honduras. Degree in Legal Sciences (cum laude), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras, 2020.

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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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Procurement Buyers E-procurement Public Procurement 89

Tracker Intelligence

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Why Procurement Differs Between the Public and Private Sectors Procurement in the public and private sectors has very different goals and regulatory frameworks. The fundamental goals of public procurement are to get value for money, to be open and fair in procurement processes, and to use taxpayer funds effectively.

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The Procurement School

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The intention is to encourage consideration of ways to simplify and open opportunities for SMEs to efficiently participate in more public procurements. The suggestions apply to all segments of competitive bidding, including the SME segments of Supplier Diversity, Indigenous and Social Procurement.

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Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

APRIL 15, 2020

Some of these challenges are made more explicit in our most recent report, “India’s Federal Procurement Data Infrastructure: Observations and Recommendations.” Publish all data in one place (ideally the CPPP website) in machine-readable format (e.g., CSV, JSON, XML) to improve usability.

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Inter-American Development Bank

MARCH 7, 2023

This objective implies two major challenges for finance ministries. Spending, taxation, public investment, debt management and financing policies can contribute to transform the behavior of different economic actors. C as possible.

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How to Crack a Nut

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

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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The Procurement School

MARCH 22, 2024

Could a local indigenous finance institution step into the role of a surety company and provide the bonding requirements to the local business community? Of course, there was still a need to increase understanding of procurement law and the limitations we have as public procurement professionals.

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Inter-American Development Bank

MARCH 15, 2024

Public procurement can be used to promote social objectives, sustainability, and environmental responsibility. In 2022, 16 of the 19 surveyed countries in LAC (or 84%) had central e-procurement systems and reported having policies or strategies in this area to pursue social objectives. in OECD countries. percentage points (p.p.),

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University of Bristol

JULY 15, 2018

Our research shows that, despite recent changes in university funding, in particular in England, UK universities meet all these requirements and remain bodies governed by public law due to their financial dependence on students fees and other government funding.

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How to Crack a Nut

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The State aid Decision also explicitly stated that ‘The construction works financed through the grant … will be subject to a competitive process, respecting the applicable procurement rules’ (para 8). This part of the dispute thus concerns the effect of State aid decisions relating to aid packages with a procurement element (issue 2).

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Tracker Intelligence

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Portals like Tracker Intelligence provide listings and alerts for tenders issued by government entities, councils, NHS trusts, and public sector companies. You can configure your account with us to receive email notifications whenever new tenders are published in your sectors of expertise.

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Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 28, 2024

More often than not, public procurement of technology is viewed as non-transparent, uncompetitive, poorly planned, inefficient, costly, and having high failure rates. Governments can also explore innovative financing models, such as public-private partnerships, to share the financial burden of large-scale projects.

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The Procurement School

MARCH 27, 2025

Team members should include procurement, finance, legal, and subject matter experts. Public Procurement In Canada: Procurement professionals play a pivotal role in the public procurement world. This also will identify who will be evaluating the RFP responses. Payment Terms – Net 30 or 2% Net 15.

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