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The four key drivers that can enable better IT procurement

Open Contracting Partnership

More often than not, public procurement of technology is viewed as non-transparent, uncompetitive, poorly planned, inefficient, costly, and having high failure rates. From healthcare management and social safety net technology to managing vaccine sign-ups during the pandemic , governments simply need to buy IT better.

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Breaking down barriers: The challenges of federal micro-purchases for small businesses

Federal News Network

However, the process often lacks transparency, and without active enforcement, many small businesses find themselves left out of the equation. By empowering federal buyers to act swiftly and make purchasing decisions without being tied to large, restrictive procurement platforms, the government could access innovative solutions more readily.

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Was UK’s Covid PPE procurement even worse than we thought? New analysis raises more red flags

Open Contracting Partnership

Transparency International UK (TI-UK) just dropped a damning report on the UK’s pandemic-era procurement of PPE. Plenty of other countries let their professionals run the show with more transparent, better structured processes. Meanwhile, Germany used buyers lists with specified maximum prices as another effective tool.

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Smarter collaboration: How Mexico City delivers major projects through inclusive planning

Open Contracting Partnership

Mexico City has devised an efficient, participatory, and transparent approach to seek input from potential suppliers and the public on draft contracting documents before a formal call to tender is announced. There are several benefits to this transparent discussion. It all starts with procurement. What’s next?

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Smart Public Procurement for Better Public Spending in Latin America and the Caribbean

Inter-American Development Bank

This holistic strategy—anchored in transparency, accountability, and technological integration—fosters a robust fiscal environment conducive to sustainable economic growth and enhanced public trust. Better contracts and processes, for example, could reduce the risk of delays, quality problems or unexpected costs.

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Key Principles of Public Procurement: Transparency, Value, and Fairness

Tracker Intelligence

This guide examines the fundamentals of public procurement, including fairness, value for money, and transparency, and how they influence both ethical and effective procurement procedures. A transparent approach lowers procurement risk, prevents corruption, and fosters confidence between suppliers and public sector organisations.

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Innovation procurement under the Procurement Act 2023 -- changing procurement culture on the cheap?

How to Crack a Nut

The guidance also indicates that ‘ Greater transparency of procurement data will make it easier to see what approaches have been successful and encourage use of those approaches more widely across the public sector.’ This further expands on the ambitions underpinning the Transforming Public Procurement project that started after Brexit.