Open Contracting Partnership

APRIL 16, 2025

In the general public procurement market (valued at around US$19 billion annually), direct awards have dropped from 81% of the value of all procedures in 2017 to 23.5% New suppliers are entering the market and bidding more actively too. The number of suppliers per buyer increased from 8.0 on average in 2021 to 10.23

Procurement 52

Procurement Public Procurement Tender E-procurement 52

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 8, 2023

It has debarred more than 60 suppliers for violations, and reduced unresolved complaints and canceled tenders. The measures seem to have increased trust in the reforms: more than 20,000 new suppliers have registered, competition is growing across open procurement processes, and supplier diversity is up 27%.

Corruption 78

Corruption Collaboration Data Public Procurement 78

Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

The team at B2Gov, based in Argentina and made up of 19 people, offers clients the chance to boost their business capacities in the public procurement market, to understand the competitive dynamics of the market in advance, to conduct performance assessments and devise strategies to succeed in future opportunities.

Data 57

Data Public Procurement Tender Price 57

Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

APRIL 15, 2020

These recommendations are as follows: Make the publication of contract awards mandatory throughout the federal public procurement system and communicate the requirement to all stakeholders. Use unique standardised IDs for organisations—both buyers and suppliers—in addition to their names.

Data 52

Data Procurement Tender Public Procurement 52

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Upgrades to the DNCP’s open data incorporating this MSME classification have allowed third-party services to emerge, like the platform VIGIA, which suppliers can use to monitor tenders in real-time and report any concerns or anti-competitive behavior to authorities. and the total value awarded to MSMEs has remained steady.

Procurement 62

Procurement Tender Public Procurement Bidder 62

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. Three of these cases were related to road works, repairs and upgrades.

Corruption 90

Corruption Data E-procurement Procurement 90

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Dashboards of the BI Prozorro analytics module Challenge: Before the launch of the procurement analytics module, the potential for using procurement data in Ukraine was untapped, and both buyers and suppliers could not analyze, visualize and understand public procurement data in ways that would enable effective decision-making.

Public Procurement 67

Public Procurement Procurement E-procurement Buyers 67