Open Contracting Partnership

APRIL 16, 2025

Why it matters An overreliance on non-competitive procedures makes the procurement market highly vulnerable to corruption and inefficient public spending. The OECD recommends that non-competitive methods should account for 10-20% of the public procurement market. trillion tenge (US$25.1

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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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Tracker Intelligence

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Public sector procurement relies heavily on framework agreements as a streamlined purchasing tool for goods and services. Pre-negotiated terms are provided that reduce the complexity for contracting authorities in procurement whilst allowing suppliers to capture opportunities more efficiently.

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Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 28, 2024

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. “We want to hold government accountable.

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Open Contracting Partnership

MAY 23, 2024

The app’s comprehensive database of procurement appeals sources data from the Prozorro public procurement system, as well as decisions on complaints made to the Antimonopoly Committee, and investigations by the State Audit Service. Thus, it strengthens the credibility of the procurement appeal body.

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Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Participating in public contracting represents a massive opportunity for businesses, but one that many fail to seize. According to the World Bank, public contracts account for 15% of global GDP. In OECD member countries, public procurement represents 29% of government expenditure.

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Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 22, 2023

While it’s too early to see system-wide changes, open data analyzed by OCP shows signs that participation by smaller businesses is increasing: from July 2022 to July 2023, the share of contracts awarded to MSMEs rose by 1.7%, the share of MSME bids increased by 1.9%, the share of unique MSME bidders grew by 1.4%

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