Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The island’s procurement agency faced more than 250 open complaints and allegations of collusion and low competition in the procurement process. One of the most recent examples is an indicator that analyzes providers with connections among them (to identify collusion which is widespread in the country according to Pimentel).

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Open Contracting Partnership

JUNE 26, 2024

By Torplus Yomnak, Co-Founder of HAND Social Enterprise and the Director of the Knowledge Hub for Regional Anti-Corruption and Good Governance Collaboration (KRAC) In May 2021, amid the pandemic lockdowns, a villager in Thailand took a stroll on the outskirts of their town, making an unexpected discovery that would stir the local community.

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Procureware

JUNE 28, 2018

The new Two-Way Messaging feature is just one example of how ProcureWare transforms sourcing operations to save buyers time, foster greater collaboration, reduce risk, and increase transparency. The communications are automatically associated to the individual vendor, their company, and the relevant bid or contract.

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How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 28, 2023

Of all the expected benefits or functionalities, the most important ones are those attributed to public buyers and, in particular, the possibility of developing ‘category management’ insights (eg potential savings or benchmarking), systems of red flags in relation to corruption and collusion risks, and the automation of some tasks.

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Procurement Public Procurement Buyers Thresholds 52

Select GCR

MAY 14, 2024

For instance, FAR includes a provision at 52.203-2, Certificate of Independent Price Determination, which ensures independent bids and prevents collusive pricing in government contracting. Adjusting to FAR Amendments and Updates The FAR is not a stagnant document; it adapts in response to the shifting demands of government procurement.

Ethics 52

Ethics Procurement Procurement Contracts Price 52

How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

More recently, as EU procurement policy increasingly seeks to promote cross-border collaboration, procurement is also becoming a driver (or an irritant) for the transnational regulation of administrative processes and a living lab for experimentation and legal innovation.

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Public Procurement Procurement Buyers Tender 105

Inter-American Development Bank

JULY 25, 2024

This new stage of institutional evolution of the TA is the topic we address in the study Quo vadis, administración tributaria? , which we published in collaboration with the Inter-American Center of Tax Administrations (CIAT). In this blog, we will discuss some of the main conclusions.

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