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Enhancing Competition in Public Procurement: Lessons from the NAO Report

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Public sector procurement is driven by competition to achieve economic efficiency and stimulate innovation, providing new ways to deliver vital goods and services. Furthermore, sectors such as healthcare and technology have shown particularly weak competition, with many contracts being awarded without proper competitive tendering.

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Digital procurement, PPDS and multi-speed datafication -- some thoughts on the March 2023 PPDS Communication

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However, data from only 20% of all call for tenders as submitted by public buyers is available and searchable for analysis in one place [ie TED]. As the PPDS Communication stresses To unlock the full potential of public procurement, access to data and the ability to analyse it are essential. This raises two issues.