Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 28, 2024

Leveraging their extensive experience of monitoring procurement for over a decade, ICW built local capacities to use the data available on Opentender to investigate public contracts and identify issues, and report their findings through LKPP’s official complaints channel e-pengaduan. billion). “We

Corruption 90

Corruption Data E-procurement Procurement 90

Open Contracting Partnership

JUNE 4, 2024

Public procurement needs to be more transparent, efficient, and accountable to tackle the major social and economic challenges faced by governments across the world. Software as a Service (SaaS)-based government e-GP systems can offer cost-effective and efficient alternatives.

E-procurement 81

E-procurement Procurement Public Procurement Transparency 81

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

Open Contracting Partnership

OCTOBER 11, 2023

To tackle this problem, the country has proposed wide-ranging legislation , including an anti-corruption package with measures to standardize the operations of Mongolia’s state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and ensure they follow consistent rules throughout processes like tendering and procurement, among others.

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Data Corruption Supplier Public Procurement 121

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.

Procurement 88

Procurement E-procurement Public Procurement Bidding 88

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 58

Public Procurement Procurement Supplier Evaluation 58

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 88

Procurement E-procurement Public Procurement Sustainability 88

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

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 79

Public Procurement Procurement E-procurement Transparency 79

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.

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Budget Finance Data 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.

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Bidder Transparency Contract Public Procurement 40

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.

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Supplier E-procurement Ethics Supply Chain 98

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

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.

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Procurement E-procurement Public Procurement Corruption 119