The Procurement ClassRoom

MAY 4, 2024

Generally, minor deviation is a variance from a defined standard such that the integrity of the standard is not compromised, and the variance is also hardly noticeable (The Law Insider). Bids which have material deviations from the requirements specified in the bidding documents are considered substantially non-responsive and are rejected.

Public Procurement 95

Public Procurement Procurement Bidder Bidding 95

Open Contracting Partnership

APRIL 4, 2025

As theOpen Contracting Partnership, we support transformational procurement reforms in over 50 countries. Expand and deepen market engagement, to ensure that tender requirements and terms of reference closely correspond to what the market can deliver, and what suppliers are well positioned to offer for the project at hand.

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Procurement Collaboration E-procurement Capacity 52

Public Contracting Institute

APRIL 1, 2024

In the era of digital transformation, blockchain technology emerges as a beacon of hope for enhancing transparency and integrity in public procurements. Integrity Provides an immutable record, reducing fraud and corruption. Efficiency Streamlines processes with smart contracts, reducing bureaucracy and paperwork.

Public Procurement 52

Public Procurement Transparency Integrity Integration 52

Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

APRIL 15, 2020

Written by Elizabeth David-Barrett and originally published on the ACE-Global Integrity blog. Yet it is surprisingly rare to see all the parties together in the same room, talking about how they can work together, as happened recently in an intense two-day workshop on analysing procurement data for integrity risks in Jamaica.

Public Procurement 52

Public Procurement Integrity Integration Procurement 52

Open Contracting Partnership

MAY 23, 2024

Results : The Clarity App is building trust among Ukrainian businesses that they can receive a fair decision for procurement appeals and fair competition without discrimination in tenders. In 2023, Ukraine awarded 270,000 public contracts through competitive procedures , worth 555 billion UAH ($15.2 billion (US$1.9

Procurement 67

Procurement Tender Buyers Public Procurement 67

Open Contracting Partnership

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Instances of favoritism, corruption, and misallocation of resources have raised alarming questions about the integrity of the procurement process. Open contracting, a globally recognized framework, advocates for transparency at every stage of the procurement lifecycle including planning, tendering, awarding, and contract management.

Public Procurement 123

Public Procurement Procurement Corruption Transparency 123

ivalua

MAY 31, 2022

Throughout the supplier’s lifecycle (tender, contract, goods receiving, annual review etc.), To offer such a large range of information, your SRM software should integrate into a complete Source-to-Pay system and connect easily to numerous external information systems.

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Supplier Supply Chain Procurement Team Tender 98

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 8, 2023

It has debarred more than 60 suppliers for violations, and reduced unresolved complaints and canceled tenders. in 2020 to 96% and single-bid tenders decreased across all methods – from 62.5% During the pandemic, the agency suspended a tender to buy overpriced digital textbooks. in 2020 to 59.7% More recently, it canceled a RD$1.3

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Corruption Collaboration Data Public Procurement 78

Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 28, 2024

Open contracting approach: The open contracting risk monitoring platform Opentender.net empowers auditors to prioritize which procedures to investigate, gather evidence and respond to public complaints more effectively. In the first case, the winning supplier had a poor track record on previous contracts in other regions.

Corruption 90

Corruption Data E-procurement Procurement 90

Tracker Intelligence

MARCH 16, 2025

These players administer public contracts, establish procurement regulations, and influence the procurement environment. One important step in changing public procurement is the recently adopted Procurement Act 2023 , which supersedes the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

Public Procurement 52

Public Procurement Procurement Tender Eprocurement 52

Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Chile’s public procurement agency, ChileCompra, created its “ Public Contracting Observatory ” service in 2012 to detect, prevent, and fix irregularities in government contracting procedures. The team’s monitoring work varies depending on the type of contracting process.

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Procurement E-procurement Tender Purchasing 62

The Procurement ClassRoom

JUNE 2, 2024

Standard Bidding Documents , also known as tender documents or solicitation documents , are essential tools in the procurement process. These documents communicate the intent of the procurement entity to enter into contracts with suppliers, contractors, or consultants for the provision of goods , services , or works.

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Public Procurement Bidding Procurement Bidder 91

How to Crack a Nut

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

I continue exploring the use of public procurement as a tool of digital regulation (or ‘AI regulation by contract’ as shorthand)—ie as a mechanism to promote transparency, explainability, cyber security, ethical and legal compliance leading to trustworthiness, etc in the adoption of digital technologies by the public sector.

Procurement 52

Procurement Tender Buyers Contract 52

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. We think Mongolians deserve better.

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Data Corruption Supplier Public Procurement 123

Open Contracting Partnership

JULY 5, 2023

In October, EU countries will be required to adopt eForms in a bid to improve the quality of data published on the block’s government tendering. All Dutch authorities must publish their above-the-threshold tenders via the TenderNed platform , so businesses can access all public data and documents from a single webpage.

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Data Tender Procurement E-procurement 52

Tracker Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Such a service requires the government to procure contracts in a well-managed and efficient manner. Private businesses then sign business contracts with the government, and the public thus procures a service from their local businesses. Integrity All tender documents must have clear and dependable information free of bias.

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Public Procurement Procurement Tender Supplier 52

Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 5, 2024

We recently published a blog post that provides a gentle introduction to AI in procurement, illustrating the thinking and work that needs to go into even relatively straightforward processes such as comparing green criteria for public contracts against real tender notices. An integrated, multifunctional team.

Public Procurement 62

Public Procurement Procurement Tender Ethics 62

Tracker Intelligence

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Pre-negotiated terms are provided that reduce the complexity for contracting authorities in procurement whilst allowing suppliers to capture opportunities more efficiently. Framework agreements are prearranged contracts entered into by contracting authorities to simplify the procurement process. What Are Framework Agreements?

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Framework Agreement Procurement Supplier Tender 52

Tracker Intelligence

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Contract termination in public procurement under the Procurement Act 2023directs to the lawful termination of a contract between acontracting authorityand a supplier, providing compliance withpublic contracts regulations.

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Procurement Contract Supplier Public Procurement 52

Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

APRIL 15, 2020

Written by Isabelle Adam and published on the ACE-Global Integrity blog. In India, according to the Ministry of Finance General Financial Rules (2017), all procuring authorities are responsible and accountable for ensuring transparency, fairness, equality, competition, and appeal rights in contracting.

Data 52

Data Procurement Tender Public Procurement 52

Tracker Intelligence

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

Government expenditure through public procurement is essential since it ensures that there are contracts available to be bid in a fair, open, and competitive manner. These public procurement principles allow businesses of all sizes to participate equitably, protect the integrity of taxpayer money, and encourage competition and efficiency.

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Public Procurement Transparency Procurement Tender 52

How to Crack a Nut

JULY 1, 2024

This guest post by Saema Jaffer* explores the policy approaches that can be followed in the UK, and elsewhere, in relation to the use of AI in the writing and evaluation of tender documents. I am reading a leaflet for a contract management portal when I overhear a conversation between a buyer and a supplier. “I says a buyer.

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Bidder Tender Buyers Bidding 52

Tracker Intelligence

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Social value is a transformative approach shaping how public contracts are awarded and executed. For instance, social value public sector contracts to build infrastructure might also aim to create local jobs or upskill workers. Beyond the Bottom Line: Social value prioritises community well-being over just financial efficiency.

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Public Procurement Procurement Supply Chain Tender 52

Open Contracting Partnership

JUNE 4, 2024

Unfortunately ,they often have not been adequately integrated into the design of e-GP systems. A policy directive mandating all contracts to be exclusively carried out through the e-GP system can ensure a unified approach to procurement. Most existing e-GP systems compromise on those principles, focusing only on a few aspects.

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E-procurement Procurement Public Procurement Transparency 82

University of Bristol

AUGUST 23, 2021

Key elements of the proposal In a nutshell, the proposal seeks to debunk tendering as the sole (or rather, primary, for there are exceptions in reg.32 32 PCR2015) mechanism for the award of healthcare contracts, and to create three routes to contract award (for a quick overview see e.g. here , or here ).

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Tender E-procurement Procurement Transparency 52

ivalua

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Orsay (France), September 02, 2019 – Viparis has chosen e-Procurement software vendor Ivalua and Consulting firm CKS to optimize the management of supplier relations, source-to-contract (purchase orders, calls for tender and contracts), expense analysis and measurement of Procurement performance.

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E-procurement Procurement Tender Supplier 53

Open Contracting Partnership

JUNE 3, 2024

Her priorities for this one-year term as President of the APPN include fostering collaboration with international partners such as the World Bank, the African Development Bank, the Islamic Development Bank, and Open Contracting PartnershipPartnership, as well as bringing onboard other new regional and global partners.

Public Procurement 80

Public Procurement Procurement E-procurement Transparency 80

Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Small businesses struggle to understand how to bid for public contracts and put time aside to apply to this market, especially as they normally don’t have someone dedicated to that tasks,” highlights Cristian Sosa, Vice President of Paraguayan business association ASEPY that supports smaller businesses.

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Tender Public Procurement Supplier Participation 52

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 22, 2023

They leveraged Paraguay’s high quality, publicly accessible open contracting data to measure the existing participation of these smaller businesses and to understand their challenges in working with government buyers. and the total value awarded to MSMEs has remained steady.

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Procurement Tender Public Procurement Bidder 62

Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 5, 2024

We set up Open Contracting Partnership to be bold: we aren’t after just a bit more transparency of public contracts, we want to transform procurement to meet the urgent needs of our time. Our world runs on public contracts. Open contracting has been the gift that keeps giving.

Procurement 89

Procurement E-procurement Public Procurement Sustainability 89

Scottish Government Procurement

JUNE 24, 2024

Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate’s National Collaborative Procurement Division (NCPD) administers the Scottish national collaborative frameworks and contracts for the whole of the Scottish Public Sector, as well as agreements that can be accessed by central government organisations of the Scottish Government.

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Collaboration E-catalogue Framework Agreement E-procurement 67

Nitrous: Public Procurement

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

This added fragmentation is one factor out of many which are hampering efforts to engage with smaller suppliers, with the 2019 City Tools report from the London Office of Technology and Innovation (LOTI) and Bloomberg associates finding that: ‘91% of London’s public sector technology contracts are delivered by 15 suppliers.’

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Tender Joint Procurement Supplier Procurement 52

Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Written by Elizabeth David-Barrett and originally published on the ACE-Global Integrity blog. USAID doesn’t collect data on the contracts it funds if they are spent outside the United States by aid recipients. Oh, and big data just means bigger gains, right?

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Data Public Procurement Procurement Buyers 52

Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

JANUARY 21, 2020

Measuring the benefits of open contracting: Case studies on Mexico, Paraguay, and Slovakia. They were selected based on the implementation of recent open contracting reforms and the availability of procurement data for both before and after the reforms. Fazekas, M. & & Tóth, B.

Bidder 40

Bidder Transparency Public Procurement Contract 40

University of Bristol

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The paper will be published in Legal Studies in due course.(*) Public procurement is concerned with the award of contracts for the supply, for pecuniary interest, of goods, services or works to the public sector.

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Procurement Public Procurement Public Goods Accountability 52

ivalua

MARCH 30, 2022

Throughout the supplier’s lifecycle (tender, contract, goods receiving, annual review etc.), To offer such a large range of information, your SRM software should integrate into a complete Source-to-Pay system and connect easily to numerous external information systems.

Supplier 52

Supplier Supply Chain Procurement Team Tender 52

Scottish Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The five-year strategy was launched earlier this year and will make sure contract arrangements available via Scotland Excel support our members in meeting their own individual targets, outcomes and statutory responsibilities.

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Supply Chain Public Procurement Procurement Sustainability 70