Open Contracting Partnership

JUNE 26, 2024

Concerns were raised over suspicious tendering practices such as short bidding periods, overly rigid specifications, and potential collusion. While open data is a vital first step, it is not the only important factor in combating corruption.

Corruption 113

Corruption Data Procurement Public Procurement 113

Procureware

JUNE 28, 2018

The communications are automatically associated to the individual vendor, their company, and the relevant bid or contract.

Buyers 40

Buyers Collusion Bidding Transparency 40

How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The importance and positive contribution of public procurement law to the adequate management of public funds may seem difficult to appreciate in ordinary times, and there are recurrent calls for a reduction of the administrative burden and bureaucracy related to procurement procedures, checks and balances.

Public Procurement 105

Public Procurement Procurement Buyers Tender 105

Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 7, 2024

2023) , the Supreme Court recognized that plaintiffs may bring a civil suit under the expansive Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) for judgment-creditors’ illicit conduct and collusion (“racketeering” under the statute) to avoid payment of an arbitral award which has been recognized and enforced as a U.S.

Collusion 52

Collusion Insurance Capacity Corruption 52

Inter-American Development Bank

JULY 25, 2024

New data science tools and important computational advances make it possible to exploit available big data and, therefore, transform auditing based on risk and make draft returns a reality. With imports, VAT, selective taxes, and income tax appear, and this is when a relevant share of revenue is obtained in open economies.

Data 52

Data Transparency Price Collusion 52

How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 10, 2023

To that effect, it is important to identify an area of public sector digitalisation which is primarily or solely left to ‘regulation by contract’ through procurement—to isolate it from the interaction with other tools of digital regulation (such as data protection, or sectoral regulation).

Procurement 52

Procurement Public Procurement Ethics Transparency 52

How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 28, 2023

It will most likely be delayed, but that is not very important in the long run—especially as the already accrued delays are the ones that pose a significant limitation on the adequate rollout of the PPDS (see below 6). The two bottom layers, and in particular the data layer, are the ones doing all the heavy lifting. prices) ’ (at 7, fn 17).

Procurement 52

Procurement Public Procurement Buyers Thresholds 52