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Understanding Standard Bidding Documents in Public Procurement

The Procurement ClassRoom

Introduction This article is based on the review of standard bidding documents from several organizations including the World Bank , Millennium Challenge Corporation , the Public Procurement and Concession Commission of the Republic of Liberia , and Public Procurement Authority of Ghana.

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Paraguay’s procurement is open for small business

Open Contracting Partnership

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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B2Gov: Meet the open data bundlers turning binners into winners

Open Contracting Partnership

They have solutions focused on each stage of the contracting cycle, while their consulting services advise on public procurement systems, diagnostic and strategic planning, market research, strategic dashboards and regional markets. They currently service 30 clients in Latin America. Was it 120, 150 or 200?

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7 Secrets to Quicky Become Proficient in Public Procurement

The Procurement ClassRoom

This is further developed into policies and procedures, procurement and contract administration manuals and guidelines, including standard bidding documents which are used for inviting bids and proposals. Adherence to the public procurement rules is obligatory and infractions are punishable by law. How is it done?

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Vendors as partners: How Paraguay’s VIGIA provides a community to increase competitiveness and opportunity for SMEs

Open Contracting Partnership

To better understand the challenges small businesses face when bidding for public tenders, and complementary to its Lift impact accelerator project, the Open Contracting Partnership engaged in conversations with entrepreneurs, public officials, and civil society actors with a stake in improving the public procurement system.

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