Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 11, 2025

In 2016, the local government issued a continued construction tender with an estimated price of Rp. In 2018, there was another tender for Rp. The president was also once suspected of falsifying data regarding work experience. Based on this data, ICW believes that the construction of the center will not be completed on time.

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E-procurement Tender Budget Procurement 52

Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Her passion for helping others understand government contracting led her to join forces with data scientist Marcelo Blanco and establish B2Gov. Participating in public contracting represents a massive opportunity for businesses, but one that many fail to seize. They started with a simple idea that is complex to implement in practice.

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Data Public Procurement Tender Price 57

Tracker Intelligence

JANUARY 28, 2024

Introduction to Find a Tender Service: Navigating UK Public Contracts The area of public sector tenders in the United Kingdom is complex but filled with opportunities. Such businesses can enter this area with the perfect platform offered by Tracker’s Find a Tender Service.

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Tender Contract Bidding Public Procurement 52

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 8, 2023

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. in 2020 to 59.7%

Corruption 78

Corruption Collaboration Data Public Procurement 78

How to Crack a Nut

JANUARY 13, 2025

Consistent use of a framework for how to source AI - whether to build in-house, buy, or run innovation challenges - that evolves over time, given data, capability, industry contexts and evaluation of whats worked. This would significantly raise participation costs and be prone to litigation and other problems. This will require: 34.

Procurement 64

Procurement Tender Supplier Innovation 64

Open Contracting Partnership

MAY 23, 2024

Challenge: In Ukraine, a lack of machine-readable data about procurement appeals made it difficult for government suppliers to defend their rights and interests. billion), according to data from Prozorro’s public business intelligence model. billion (US$1.9 They also help maintain the private sector’s trust in public procurement.

Procurement 67

Procurement Tender Buyers Public Procurement 67

Public Procurement Intl

OCTOBER 21, 2024

That opposition stems partly from the steep costs of compiling greenhouse gas emissions data, and from the uncertain impact that barring “non-compliant” contractors would have on the U.S. Article 8, for example, warns the procuring agency, “when first soliciting the participation of. government’s supplier base.

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Procurement Procurement Strategies E-procurement Bidder 147

Open Contracting Partnership

OCTOBER 3, 2023

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

Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Open contracting approach: Supported by OCP’s Lift Impact accelerator program from 2021, Ekiti State’s public procurement agency created better opportunities for small businesses and particularly women-led businesses, to participate in public contracts. To realize that vision, in 2021, EKBPP joined OCP’s Lift accelerator program.

Procurement 89

Procurement E-procurement Public Procurement Bidding 89

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. to as little as 1.8%, depending on the calculation method and source data.

Procurement 62

Procurement Tender Public Procurement Bidder 62

How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The guidance also indicates that ‘ Greater transparency of procurement data will make it easier to see what approaches have been successful and encourage use of those approaches more widely across the public sector.’ This is an important issue that may require further discussion in a separate post. 48 and 46 PCR 2015). 48 and 46 PCR 2015).

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Procurement Innovation E-procurement Buyers 128

Scottish Government Procurement

MAY 9, 2024

The plan will aim to consider how procurements are conducted and contracts are developed to reduce barriers and enable participation for SMEs and third sector organisations. As the strategy continues to embed and we start to consider ways to measure its impact, where possible will use information and data that is already collated.

Procurement Strategies 78

Procurement Strategies Public Procurement Procurement Tender 78

Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 8, 2024

As we celebrate, we find ourselves at the crossroads of progress and potential, confronting the myths holding women back from participating in public procurement and attaining certain heights in leadership. We focused on the plan, the data, and the purpose of what we want to achieve. Happy International Women’s Day!

Government Contracts 80

Government Contracts Leadership Government Government 80

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 13, 2024

To monitor all the public works that had been promised, ACIJ worked with residents to collect open contracting data from BAObras and other public information, to file access to information requests, and conduct community surveys. Residents are using data to support their requests to the government.

Tender 52

Tender Budget Data Education 52

AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 3, 2023

My company, Andes, participated in the project as a technical consultant on technology infrastructure and cloud adoption. Rather than contract a single, large vendor offering the lowest bid price, the public tender aimed to select multiple specialist teams, from multiple vendors, each offering important capabilities and knowledge.

Collaboration 87

Collaboration E-catalogue Data Tender 87

Tracker Intelligence

DECEMBER 16, 2024

This is particularly problematic for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), which often need more resources to participate in complex, bureaucratic tender processes dominated by a few more prominent competitors. As a result, the UK public sector may be missing out on SMEs’ innovation and flexibility.

Public Procurement 52

Public Procurement Procurement Tender Framework Agreement 52

Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

But when it comes to public procurement, they represent less than 5% of vendors participating in the system in the last 3 years, according to official data. The few suppliers who participated in the procurement system indicated a certain weariness because many of the problems they raised in the past were ignored by the authorities.

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Tender Public Procurement Supplier Participation 52

BLP

JULY 20, 2023

The post Price Reasonability in the New Public Procurement Law appeared first on BLP Legal.

Public Procurement 52

Public Procurement Price Procurement E-procurement 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. It’s the same reason why a buyer might be wary of using AI to write invitations to tender. This seems draconian for the vast majority of tenders.

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Bidder Tender Buyers Bidding 52

Tracker Intelligence

DECEMBER 8, 2024

The Growing Role of AI in Public Procurement The use of AI systems in public procurement brings a host of new benefits for organisations actively participating in the procurement process. This technology enables teams to collect vast amounts of data and have the ability to resolve complex data-related challenges.

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Public Procurement Procurement Ethics Tender 52

Scottish Government Procurement

JUNE 24, 2024

Further details can be found here: Procurement – media planning buying and associated services: guidance – gov.scot (www.gov.scot) Recruitment Ads and Pins The renewal process for Recruitment Ads and Pins is underway with tender submissions being evaluated. Work on the re-let has commenced and currently it is out to Tender.

Collaboration 67

Collaboration E-catalogue Framework Agreement E-procurement 67

Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 30, 2024

EU Member States must publish their procurement notices to Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) , so we used TED data to rank the product groups by number of procurement notices, to produce a shortlist of product groups to investigate. When choosing a model, it’s important to understand its training data. 2018) dataset.

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Procurement Public Procurement Green Public Procurement Electronics 62

Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

APRIL 15, 2020

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. Our main partner, and co-organiser of the workshop, is the Integrity Commission of Jamaica.

Public Procurement 52

Public Procurement Integration Integrity Procurement 52

VWV

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Changes to the process for providing feedback on tenders and the standstill period. As part of the reforms, the current Find a Tender system will be improved to create a Central Digital Platform. Introduction of a new debarment list and extending the grounds of exclusion for suppliers to connected parties and key sub-contractors.

Supplier 52

Supplier Procurement Tender Transparency 52

Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The urgent need to stem these ills led to the first wave of reforms that saw an overhaul of colonial era and post-independence procurement structures in the form of Tender Boards that were characterized by centralized procurement, lack of transparency, outdated legal framework and weak dispute management mechanisms.

Public Procurement 70

Public Procurement Procurement E-procurement Transparency 70

Tracker Intelligence

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

These agreements define terms, conditions and price for goods and services and allow authorities to procure without having to re-run lengthy tender processes. Tracker Intelligence is a great tool to help vendors precisely and easily negotiate the complexity of the tendering process.

Framework Agreement 52

Framework Agreement Procurement Supplier Tender 52

How to Crack a Nut

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

It is rather more plausible for the tender and contract to seek to bind the technology provider to practices and procedures seeking to ensure high levels of cyber security (by reference to some relevant metrics, where they are available), as well as protocols and mechanisms to anticipate and react to any (potential) security breaches.

Procurement 52

Procurement Tender Buyers Contract 52

How to Crack a Nut

APRIL 21, 2023

First, a webinar where I will be participating in discussions on the role of procurement in contributing to the public sector’s acquisition of trustworthy AI, and the associated challenges, from an EU and US perspective. Registration is now open for two free events on procurement and artificial intelligence (AI).

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Procurement Tender Public Procurement Innovation 52

Tracker Intelligence

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Governments may collaborate with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and minority-owned businesses to increase participation. Working with SMEs and local businesses enhances their ability to seek tenders, thus fostering inclusiveness and innovation. With this feature, you are never going to miss out on any tender alerts.

Public Procurement 52

Public Procurement Procurement Supply Chain Tender 52

How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 28, 2023

The 2020 European strategy for data ear-marked public procurement as a high priority area for the development of common European data spaces for public administrations. In many cases, the data quality needs to be improved. The procurement data governance framework is now planned to be developed in the second half of 2023.

Procurement 52

Procurement Public Procurement Buyers Thresholds 52

Naomi Clews Consultancy

JULY 20, 2023

The NAO concluded there report with a recommendation that UK Government departments need to consider how their actions during individual procurements can affect the long-term participation of suppliers and consequently the competitiveness of the market. Improve the quality of information Government departments submit on contracts.

Framework Agreement 52

Framework Agreement Public Procurement Supplier Bidding 52

ivalua

OCTOBER 29, 2019

It is one thing to make tenders public, and another to offer suppliers visibility into the end-to-end bid management process and final award decisions. This also demystifies the process for those small and disadvantaged suppliers who often interpret the lack of visibility as an overstated complexity that discourages them from participating.

Transparency 45

Transparency Procurement Supplier End to End 45

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The government took three key steps: i) careful planning for the green transition; ii) implementing green public procurement (GPP) in practice with a focus on building the capacity of public buyers; and iii) learning powered by data-driven monitoring with a public dashboard. Can everything be green?

Procurement 89

Procurement Buyers E-procurement Public Procurement 89

ivalua

AUGUST 21, 2022

This means a significant risk of low commitment rates and low-quality (and therefore unreliable) data. Decarbonization will generate a significant increase in the amount of data buyers must manage. To improve efficiency, quality, and data capitalization, the buyer must have digitized tools at their disposal.

Supplier 52

Supplier Supply Chain Purchasing Buyers 52

Open Contracting Partnership

JULY 31, 2023

Their process wasn’t friendly to new vendors, leading to low levels of competition and bidder diversity, and they didn’t have good data to inform further improvements. The city had no central online platform for identifying tendering opportunities.

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Procurement Sustainability IT E-procurement 52

ivalua

DECEMBER 19, 2018

PKP Energetyka, launched the implementation of Ivalua’s state-of-the-art Procurement and Sourcing solution with the participation of OptiBuy. Up until now, the orders and tenders of the company were frequently handled manually, which was time and labour intensive.

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E-procurement Tender Supplier Buyers 40

Scottish Government Procurement

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Framework public bodies are requested to advise upon their interest in participating in a User Intelligence Group for this procurement exercise. Framework Public Bodies are requested to advise upon their interest in participating in a User Intelligence Group for this procurement exercise. Work on a re-let is due to commence imminently.

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Collaboration Framework Agreement Supplier Purchasing 44