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How Kazakhstan is combating non-competitive procurement

Open Contracting Partnership

Failed competitive tenderswhich previously offered a loophole for buyers to resort to direct awardshave dropped from 52% of the value of public tenders in 2018 to around 3% in 2022 to 2024. Purchasing methods 2021 2022 2023 2024 From a single source by direct award, billion tenge 2 326.2 in 2021 to 4.2

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In Kazakhstan, opening up procurement boosts public oversight and prevents millions in wasteful spending

Open Contracting Partnership

million (~US$24,000) being returned to the budget. The media organization ProTenge, which exposed tenders to buy books and publish articles about the ex-President that were subsequently canceled. million (~US$24,000) were returned to the budget. After 15 minutes of initial research , Adildik Joly found their first violation.

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Risk of anti-competitive collusion after excessive level of transparency in public procurement debriefing?

European Law: Public Procurement

The Evropaïki Dynamiki (ESP-ISEP) Judgment has been issued on the basis of Article 100(2) of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (OJ 2002 L 248, p. 1) (‘the Financial Regulation’). 114) (‘Directive 2004/18’).