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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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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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. Thus, it strengthens the credibility of the procurement appeal body.

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Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 8, 2023

billion (~US$23 million) contract to improve traffic light management in Santo Domingo’s capital after multiple irregularities were identified in the procurement process. A focus on integrity and transparency “When we started on Monday, 17 August 2020, the main challenge was linked to credibility and a lack of trust,” Pimentel reflects.

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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. Fewer than 300 MSMEs participate in a procurement market worth almost US$3 billion annually.

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Tracker Intelligence

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Building trust and credibility as a supplier and showing interest and ability to deliver on procurement objectives also occurs through engaging contracting authorities early on. Frameworks can help create an open and competitive environment which will drive better outcomes for buyers and suppliers in the public sector.

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How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 28, 2023

Importantly, the top three layers are centralised and the European Commission has responsibility (and funding) for developing them, while the bottom data layer is decentralised, with each Member State retaining responsibility for digitalising its public procurement systems and connecting its data sources to the PPDS.

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