Open Contracting Partnership

APRIL 16, 2025

The number of suppliers per buyer increased from 8.0 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. The data also indicates that buyers are making a concerted effort to improve their planning.

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Open Contracting Partnership

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Firstly, Kazakhstan publishes relatively high-quality, real-time open contracting data. The quality of Kazakhstan’s data publication stands out in the region. The e-procurement system generated savings worth 485 billion tenge (~US$1 billion) in 2021, (calculated by the Center as the difference between the budget and awarded value).

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How to Crack a Nut

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

However, to assess the (abstract) potential of procurement as a regulatory tool, it is worth distinguishing between practical and legal challenges, and to focus on legal challenges that would be present at all levels of public buyer capability. They are thus unlikely to operate as an adequate tool to support regulation by contract.

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Mercell

DECEMBER 29, 2017

The awarded contract worth € 2,4 million was a result of an extensive European tendering procedure which took almost 1 year. The awarding criteria was 60% on quality and 40% on price. Buyers and contract managers have been relying on our platform and our expertise based on 17-year experience.

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Open Contracting Partnership

JULY 5, 2023

In October, EU countries will be required to adopt eForms in a bid to improve the quality of data published on the block’s government tendering. In 2022, TenderNed also turned their attention to creating better quality data for external users and making it easily accessible for researchers, journalists, and agencies.

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Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 30, 2024

Publish more, high-quality data: We also had the opportunity to practice new AI techniques, and to learn the limitations of available public procurement data. At present, the low adoption of green criteria is the main barrier. The private sector can then aim to satisfy a stable certification, rather than unpredictable requirements.

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