Open Contracting Partnership

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Among the reform areas identified was the country’s public procurement system. The strategy outlined in the NACP aimed to establish a dedicated public procurement law and revamp existing procurement practices. However, the real challenge lies in translating these principles into effective practices.

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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.

E-procurement 89

E-procurement Procurement Public Procurement Bidding 89

Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Their business facilitates access to procurement information, providing powerful analytics that help companies to search for new opportunities, prepare bids, and evaluate their performance on past tenders. Participating in public contracting represents a massive opportunity for businesses, but one that many fail to seize.

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Data Public Procurement Tender Price 57

Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Public procurement is like the heartbeat of public spending in most of Africa – by some estimates, it accounts for 17% of the GDP of African Countries. The second revolution: increasing independence, data collection and participation These limitations led to a subsequent second wave of reforms.

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Public Procurement Procurement E-procurement Transparency 70

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Solution: TI Ukraine created and has maintained the free BI Prozorro procurement analytics module for more than eight years, empowering all stakeholders to analyze data from Ukraine’s public procurement system.

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Public Procurement Procurement E-procurement Buyers 67

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. Perhaps unsurprisingly, we learned that entrepreneurs perceived public procurement as closed off to them, both because of legal but also illegal barriers.

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Tender Public Procurement Supplier Participation 52

Open Contracting Partnership

MAY 23, 2024

The app’s comprehensive database of procurement appeals sources data from the Prozorro public procurement system, as well as decisions on complaints made to the Antimonopoly Committee, and investigations by the State Audit Service. Clarity App users generated 13.4% of complaints submitted to AMCU in 2023.

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Procurement Tender Buyers Public Procurement 67