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How Kazakhstan is combating non-competitive procurement

Open Contracting Partnership

According to data from the public procurement business intelligence (BI) module of Kazakhstan , the share of single-source purchases in the general government procurement market has steadily declined from 57% in 2021 to 23.5% The total value of purchases during this period increased by 160%, reaching 12.37

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How Ukraine’s procurement appeals tool Clarity App promotes fair competition

Open Contracting Partnership

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. For us, this is an opportunity to reasonably defend our position during appeals.

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Vendors as partners: How Paraguay’s VIGIA provides a community to increase competitiveness and opportunity for SMEs

Open Contracting Partnership

It is fueled by feedback from entrepreneurs, helping to mitigate barriers to entry and streamline the purchasing processes. 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.

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B2Gov: Meet the open data bundlers turning binners into winners

Open Contracting Partnership

Since launching their platform in 2020, Diegues and Blanco have built a set of digital tools and data analytics services that have bridged the gap between more than 250 private sector users and public procurement buyers in six countries across Latin America. According to the World Bank, public contracts account for 15% of global GDP.

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Using AI for green procurement

Open Contracting Partnership

Introducing more sustainable procurement policies and processes presents an enormous opportunity for public authorities to not only contribute to reaching carbon emission reduction goals but also to drive sustainable societal and economic development. A summary of the 3-level structure we used for green criteria related to furniture.

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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

In particular, outdated regulations and a lack of capacity in purchasing agencies using the platform held back further progress. Some people dedicate themselves to creating new businesses but not in a good way: they create 5 or 10 businesses to participate in a procurement process,” says Pimentel. Efficiency is key.

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Paraguay’s procurement is open for small business

Open Contracting Partnership

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.