Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Open data is often lauded as a magic pill for anti-corruption: reveal what’s going on, inform the public, and, presto, government will become more accountable. Oh, and big data just means bigger gains, right? But even the very first stage — collecting the data — is much harder than it seems.

Data 52

Data Public Procurement Procurement Buyers 52

ivalua

MAY 31, 2022

In a market where production capacity has been saturated by exponential demand, product suppliers now have the upperhand. Supplier data can give your procurement team valuable information to make future cost and time-saving decisions. Throughout the supplier’s lifecycle (tender, contract, goods receiving, annual review etc.),

Supplier 98

Supplier Supply Chain Procurement Team Tender 98

Open Contracting Partnership

JUNE 4, 2024

Inefficiencies, data duplication, and reduced transparency often result. Technical infrastructure and SaaS-based e-GP systems Technical infrastructure, including cloud policies and data centers, plays a significant role in successful e-GP implementation.

E-procurement 82

E-procurement Procurement Public Procurement Transparency 82

Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The public procurement agency improved access to information about upcoming opportunities for women-led and small businesses and conducted training to improve their capacity to respond. The team have expanded their capacity to manage these updated processes.

Procurement 89

Procurement E-procurement Public Procurement Bidding 89

AWS Public Sector

JUNE 3, 2024

Procurement’s role in supporting modern, digital services for governments is the subject of a report from the Open Data Institute (ODI) and Open Contracting Partnership (OCP). In 2019, ChileCompra redesigned how to buy computers, data services, and software development. They reduced contracts from six years to nine months.

Innovation 78

Innovation Procurement Government Government 78

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 22, 2023

They leveraged Paraguay’s high quality, publicly accessible open contracting data to measure the existing participation of these smaller businesses and to understand their challenges in working with government buyers. to as little as 1.8%, depending on the calculation method and source data.

Procurement 62

Procurement Tender Public Procurement Bidder 62

Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 5, 2024

Solutions that are user-friendly and that use data to measure and improve outcomes from procurement. Similarly, Lithuania is now tracking the use of “green” criteria to promote the procurement of environmentally friendly products and services, and Paraguay uses machine-learning to advertise tenders suitable for small businesses.

Procurement 89

Procurement E-procurement Public Procurement Sustainability 89

How to Crack a Nut

JULY 1, 2024

This guest post by Saema Jaffer* explores the policy approaches that can be followed in the UK, and elsewhere, in relation to the use of AI in the writing and evaluation of tender documents. Please note Saema’s disclaimer that “I am commercial practitioner and I am writing in a personal capacity. says a buyer.

Bidder 52

Bidder Tender Buyers Bidding 52

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The government took three key steps: i) careful planning for the green transition; ii) implementing green public procurement (GPP) in practice with a focus on building the capacity of public buyers; and iii) learning powered by data-driven monitoring with a public dashboard. Can everything be green?

Procurement 89

Procurement Buyers E-procurement Public Procurement 89

Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 8, 2024

We focused on the plan, the data, and the purpose of what we want to achieve. We built capacity to show that there is an opportunity to change how things are done. Open data solutions such as CREDERE can help these businesses access the financial services they need in order to confidently bid on and deliver government contracts.

Government Contracts 80

Government Contracts Leadership Government Government 80

Open Contracting Partnership

JUNE 3, 2024

Upgrades to the system, set to be completed later this year, will make Rwandan procurement data available in the Open Contracting Data Standard format for the first time. The system is decentralized, with institutions having capacity in-house. The number one source of data is the e-GP system, starting at the planning stage.

Public Procurement 80

Public Procurement Procurement E-procurement Transparency 80

Tracker Intelligence

DECEMBER 8, 2024

This technology enables teams to collect vast amounts of data and have the ability to resolve complex data-related challenges. To some capacity, AI systems hold plenty of weight in greatly reducing the time spent on completing important procurement tasks. Limiting the use of sensitive data to be used for training AI models.

Public Procurement 52

Public Procurement Procurement Ethics Tender 52

Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

But when it comes to public procurement, they represent less than 5% of vendors participating in the system in the last 3 years, according to official data. Instead, we found that involving entrepreneurs’ knowledge could prevent issues in specific tender processes. And how could we reach those entrepreneurs? What is VIGIA?

Tender 52

Tender Public Procurement Supplier Participation 52

Tracker Intelligence

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Businesses must understand the key differences between the public and private procurement methods, regulations, and goals when c onsidering tender opportunities in either sector. Furthermore, private businesses have more flexibility in pursuing informal tendering procedures or direct negotiation with suppliers.

Procurement 52

Procurement Tender Public Procurement Supplier 52

ivalua

JANUARY 13, 2023

This policy required the inclusion of Indigenous businesses in public opportunities without requiring an overly burdensome and costly tender process. As more and more organizations, countries, and cultures embrace diversity programs, unique certifications and data sources will increase exponentially. Ethical Spend Toolset.

Supplier 98

Supplier E-procurement Ethics Supply Chain 98

ivalua

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

In a market where production capacity has suddenly been saturated by exponential demand, these product suppliers, whether strategic or otherwise, preferred or not, are now the ones able to choose which customers to work with. Next, you have to review the data gathered on these suppliers.

Supplier 52

Supplier Management Supply Chain Tender 52

ivalua

MARCH 30, 2022

In a market where production capacity has been saturated by exponential demand, product suppliers now have the upperhand. Supplier data can give your procurement team valuable information to make future cost and time-saving decisions. Throughout the supplier’s lifecycle (tender, contract, goods receiving, annual review etc.),

Supplier 52

Supplier Supply Chain Procurement Team Tender 52

How to Crack a Nut

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

On a (trite) humoristic note: a first idea to slow any task down would be to leave its implementation to a cumbersome public tender procedure. A recurrent auditing is particularly important, as the performance of the tool will evolve due its capacity to learn (and sometimes possibly even detect it is being tested ).

Public Procurement 59

Public Procurement Procurement Supplier Evaluation 59

Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

In the past, regions that were slow to ask for assistance were left behind, and authorities lacked the capacity to understand if spending meets the needs of the most vulnerable, or whether it is helping build resilience to cope with future floods. Using the data model also promises faster and better future disaster planning.

Budget 52

Budget Finance Data Tender 52

University of Bristol

OCTOBER 14, 2019

For example, new analytics applied to open transport data can significantly improve procurement planning to support more sustainable urban mobility strategies, as well as the emergence of new models for the procurement of mobility as a service (MaaS). It is difficult enough to have access to information on ‘live’ tender procedures.

Sustainability 52

Sustainability Procurement Public Procurement IT 52

VWV

APRIL 23, 2020

At the end of 2018, the government tried to rely upon this exception to award contracts to ferry operators for the provision of additional freight capacity between the UK and continental Europe in the event of a no-deal Brexit. There have been many cases where extreme urgency has been argued, but to date none have been successful.

Procurement 40

Procurement Tender Freight Negotiation 40

Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

JANUARY 21, 2020

They were selected based on the implementation of recent open contracting reforms and the availability of procurement data for both before and after the reforms. By implication, each of these cases represent a data rich environment to start with.

Bidder 40

Bidder Transparency Public Procurement Contract 40

Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 14, 2023

Fortunately, Ukraine has a world-beating open government and open data infrastructure that can be leveraged to help address that challenge: we articulated a vision for how this can be done late last year. The indicators will be able to flag any issue from these capacity challenges, inadequate documentation, or potential fraud and corruption.

Accountability 52

Accountability E-procurement Transparency Capacity 52

How to Crack a Nut

APRIL 4, 2023

New legislation is required to impose specific minimum requirements of eg data governance and algorithmic impact assessment and related transparency across the public sector, to address the issue of lack of standards and metrics but without reliance on their development by and within the AI industry.

Procurement 52

Procurement Buyers IT Public Procurement 52

Open Contracting Partnership

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Data scientists, journalists, researchers and former civil servants with an interest in public procurement are systematically monitoring contracting procedures for corruption risks and irregularities , using analytics tools that source data from the government’s e-procurement system via a public API.

Procurement 120

Procurement E-procurement Public Procurement Corruption 120

Open Contracting Partnership

JANUARY 31, 2025

CivicDataLab analyzed Assams public procurement data to estimate the share of green public procurement (GPP). CivicDataLab developed a methodology to identify and measure green public procurement using tender titles. Many tenders and contract awards will occur from October-March towards the end of the financial year.

Green Public Procurement 82

Green Public Procurement Public Procurement Budget Procurement 82