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).

Corruption 77

Corruption Collaboration Data Public Procurement 77

Select GCR

MAY 14, 2024

This extensive set of rules ensures purchases are conducted fairly, efficiently, and in accordance with the law to best serve public interests. 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.

Ethics 52

Ethics Procurement Price Procurement Contracts 52

How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 10, 2023

Procurement is thus seen as a mechanism of ‘regulation by contract’ whereby the public buyer can impose requirements seeking to achieve broad goals of digital regulation, such as transparency, trustworthiness, or explainability, or to operationalise more general ‘AI ethics’ frameworks.

Procurement 52

Procurement Public Procurement Ethics Transparency 52