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Empowering auditors: Indonesia uses data-driven oversight to clean up its corruption-prone procurement sector

Open Contracting Partnership

Challenge: Indonesia’s public procurement sector is highly vulnerable to corruption. Data-driven monitoring enables citizens to submit high-quality complaints to authorities. Public procurement stands out as the most vulnerable sector to corruption in Indonesia. Semarang City made a similar agreement in 2023.

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Is e-Procurement Free For Buyers?

Mercell

Although our solution was clearly superior in increasing their efficiency and raising the quality of their work, the manager insisted on the no cost option …. Now why do I think this is not in the best overall interest of procurement professionals? Less competition increases cost and lowers quality. The suppliers!

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Effectiveness and Efficiency in Public Procurement: Key Pillars for Optimal Resource Management

The Procurement ClassRoom

Introduction In public procurement , effectiveness and efficiency are crucial for achieving optimal results using public resources judiciously. Effectiveness in Public Procurement Effectiveness in public procurement measures the degree to which procurement activities meet their intended objectives and outcomes.

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HHS Needs Small Business Government Contractors and Industry Partners

GovCon Chamber of Commerce

The HHS Vendor Supplier Portal HHS awards approximately $30B to government contractors but there are 12 Operating Divisions in HHS and e ach procures their own goods and services independently. REFERENCE | HHS SPENDING TRENDS By OPDIV / STAFF DIV with NAICS codes and preferred procurement methods.

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It’s a small but important detail: Are foreign contractor employees legit?

Federal News Network

A long-running program called E-verify lets employers confirm such potential employees are eligible to work in the United States. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has found that agencies are not consistent in checking the E-verify system, as part of their contractor oversight. This goes back quite some years.

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

Open Contracting Partnership

But these businesses rarely take part in public procurement due to long-standing cultural barriers, overly bureaucratic processes and the sense that to win public contracts, they must have the right connections. It’s a “missed opportunity,” says Egghead Odewale, Director General of Ekiti State’s Bureau of Public Procurement (EKBPP).

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Announcing the 2023 Excellence in Partnership Award Recipients!

The Coalition for Government Procurement

The Coalition for Government Procurement is thrilled to announce the 2023 recipients of the Excellence in Partnership (EIP) Awards! Thank you to our members for nominating qualified candidates and continuing to support the EIP Award’s mission of establishing a collaborative and effective procurement system.