Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The island’s procurement agency faced more than 250 open complaints and allegations of collusion and low competition in the procurement process. Results: Today, the Dominican Republic’s procurement agency monitors all procurement processes carried out using the country’s electronic procurement system in real-time using 21 targeted red flags.

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Corruption Collaboration Data Public Procurement 78

How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

To nudge contracting authorities to enforce differential treatment, in 2020, the European Commission issued guidance on the participation of third country bidders and goods in EU procurement markets, stressing the several ways in which public buyers could address concerns regarding unfair competitive advantages of foreign tenderers.

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Public Procurement Procurement Buyers Tender 105

Procureware

JUNE 28, 2018

Two-Way Messaging is a new feature that lets buyers interact with vendors via email and have all the communications logged in ProcureWare. The email chain can continue with requests for further clarification from the buyer and responses from the vendor. Last month ProcureWare had its second major release of the year.

Buyers 40

Buyers Collusion Bidding Transparency 40

How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 28, 2023

Following the same rhetoric of transformation, the PPDS Communication now stresses that ‘ Integrated data combined with the use of state-of the-art and emerging analytics technologies will not only transform public procurement, but also give new and valuable insights to public buyers, policy-makers, businesses and interested citizens alike ‘ (at 2).

Procurement 52

Procurement Public Procurement Buyers Thresholds 52

How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 10, 2023

Procurement is thus seen as a mechanism of ‘regulation by contract’ whereby the public buyer can impose requirements seeking to achieve broad goals of digital regulation, such as transparency, trustworthiness, or explainability, or to operationalise more general ‘AI ethics’ frameworks.

Procurement 52

Procurement Public Procurement Ethics Transparency 52

The Coalition for Government Procurement

APRIL 24, 2025

They will examine the EOs implications for Federal agencies, contractors, and FAS, highlighting the opportunities and challenges of centralization. Under the program, DoD will assess software security based on 12 risk characteristics that range from financial operations to cybersecurity. DoDs JWCC Cloud Contract Reaches $2.7

Collusion 52

Collusion E-procurement Influencing Procurement 52