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A red light for corruption: How the Dominican Republic is using open data, better processes & collaboration to fight corruption

Open Contracting Partnership

Approach: The new director of the procurement agency led the development of a data-driven corruption risk monitoring system and worked with a reform team to strengthen the institutional capacity of government buyers, improve cross-agency coordination and increase collaboration with civil society.

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Understanding Standard Bidding Documents in Public Procurement

The Procurement ClassRoom

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. Quality Requirements : They describe the quality and specifications of the goods , services , or works required.

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DoD award lead times increased for higher value contracts

Federal News Network

A government watchdog agency said that while there have been improvements in contracting processes since DoD began collecting data to measure PALT in 2018, the award lead times vary depending on total contract value, contracting approach, contract type, extent of competition and the type of product or service procured.

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Saving the planet through procurement: Governments are identifying ways to use purchasing to achieve and support sustainability goals

American City & Country

Public procurement is key to this endeavor because public institutions and state enterprises must procure vast amounts of goods, services, and works to do their jobs. Greater use of cloud services has already made a positive impact on energy consumption for government IT. Matching devices to needs.

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What are the main governance opportunities and challenges for procurement digitalisation?

University of Bristol

Approximately a third of public sector spending goes to procure third-party goods, services, and works. Digitalisation could reduce the administrative burden through automation, generate data insights to inform policies and boost efficiency in public spending, and serve as a living lab for GovTech experimentation.

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The Key Pillars of Third-Party Risk Management

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One might assume that manufacturing organizations and those with large physical supply chains are better at monitoring and mitigating risk–but Services organizations are, in many ways, more sophisticated. . Critical Risk Factors for Services Organizations? Relevant data is the foundation of insightful risk mapping.

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Unlocking opportunities: How Ekiti State, Nigeria is enabling women businesses through better procurement practices

Open Contracting Partnership

The project set out to build on the state’s existing transparency infrastructure, including an e-procurement portal that publishes structured open data according to the internationally recognized Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS ). Understanding the needs The first step for EKBPP was to understand who their providers were.