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. To realize that vision, in 2021, EKBPP joined OCP’s Lift accelerator program.

E-procurement 84

E-procurement Procurement Public Procurement Bidding 84

The Procurement School

APRIL 22, 2024

If there is a good understanding of the number of potential bidders and their capacity this minimizes the requirement for market analysis. Sometimes the need is to assess the industry’s capacity to meet the procurement requirements. Market Analysis The level of market analysis is dependent on the outcome of the requirements gathering.

Procurement 52

Procurement Market Analysis Bidder Public Procurement 52

Tracker Intelligence

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Introduction to Construction Tenders Securing lucrative contracts in the dynamic engineering and construction industry requires an understanding of the tendering process. A formal call for bids on a project, known as a tender, initiates the bidding process among prospective contractors.

Tender 52

Tender Bidding Bidder Competitive Bidding 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. The challenge is how can organizations understand all the different certifications and access all the different information repositories for these diverse suppliers effectively and efficiently.

Supplier 98

Supplier Ethics E-procurement Supply Chain 98

Open Contracting Partnership

JUNE 3, 2024

How to make e-GP systems work A lot of countries in the region have been struggling to digitize their public procurement processes efficiently ( check out our guide to building better systems with advice from reformers in five African countries ). The system is decentralized, with institutions having capacity in-house.

Public Procurement 73

Public Procurement Procurement E-procurement Transparency 73

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. Over the last five years, they turned their attention to the entire cycle of public spending.

Budget 52

Budget Finance Data Tender 52

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Approach: The new director of the procurement agency led the development of a data-driven corruption risk monitoring system and worked with a reform team to strengthen the institutional capacity of government buyers, improve cross-agency coordination and increase collaboration with civil society. Efficiency is key. in 2020 to 59.7%

Corruption 71

Corruption Collaboration Data Public Procurement 71

ivalua

MAY 31, 2022

How can you create a more efficient supply chain and gain a better understanding of overall performance? In a market where production capacity has been saturated by exponential demand, product suppliers now have the upperhand. Throughout the supplier’s lifecycle (tender, contract, goods receiving, annual review etc.),

Supplier 98

Supplier Supply Chain Procurement Team Tender 98

AWS Public Sector

JUNE 3, 2024

The Efficiency of Open Procurement report, commissioned by Amazon Web Services (AWS) , concludes: “Closed and opaque approaches to procurement are flawed. It operates with a regulatory framework based on transparency, efficiency, accessibility, and nondiscrimination. They reduced contracts from six years to nine months.

Innovation 69

Innovation Procurement Government Government 69

Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 5, 2024

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. Check out our regional pages and newsletters for updates!

Procurement 84

Procurement E-procurement Public Procurement Sustainability 84

ivalua

MARCH 30, 2022

How can you create a more efficient supply chain and gain a better understanding of overall performance? In a market where production capacity has been saturated by exponential demand, product suppliers now have the upperhand. Throughout the supplier’s lifecycle (tender, contract, goods receiving, annual review etc.),

Supplier 52

Supplier Supply Chain Procurement Team Tender 52

University of Bristol

OCTOBER 14, 2019

It is difficult enough to have access to information on ‘live’ tender procedures. Backward-looking data as a necessary evidence base It is notorious that the public sector’s management of procurement-related information is lacking.

Sustainability 52

Sustainability Procurement Public Procurement IT 52

Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

JANUARY 21, 2020

Following our theoretical framework, we also expect transparency effects to unfold over time with many effects arising through the help of stakeholders – journalists picking up stories based on newly available data, buyers learning about procurement markets or bidder finding new opportunities more efficiently.

Bidder 40

Bidder Transparency Contract Public Procurement 40

Open Contracting Partnership

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The government has promoted public participation in procurement monitoring, which is vital to combating corruption and improving efficiency, but few independent civil society organizations and individuals had the information, skills and influence to track contracting effectively. million (~US$24,000) were returned to the budget.

Procurement 113

Procurement E-procurement Public Procurement Corruption 113