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. Happy International Women’s Day! According to the World Bank, women-owned SMEs contribute 20% to the global GDP.

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The Procurement ClassRoom

JUNE 19, 2024

The goal is to clarify any technical or procurement-related aspects, ensuring that all potential participants have a comprehensive understanding of the requirements. Addressing these queries before bid or proposal submission helps resolve ambiguities and ensures that participants have accurate information.

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University of Bristol

DECEMBER 10, 2019

There are high economic stakes at play in public procurement—which represents around 12% of GDP and over a third of public expenditure in OECD countries , and even higher proportions in other economies. However, this model does not appeal to the public sector.

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Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

VIGIA is a unique initiative that allows entrepreneurs to easily find public procurement business opportunities in Paraguay, as well as provide real-time high-quality feedback about irregularities. The idea of having suppliers as an ally actively participating in tagging wrongdoing had an immediate appeal.

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Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

At #OGPEstonia, we had the pleasure of hosting about 200 frontline reformers sharing their experiences, challenges, and successes in boosting inclusion, integrity, participation, and digital transformation in public procurement. Public procurement involves millions of transactions.

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Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 19, 2023

At 2 am on Saturday morning, the day after the 10th Conference of the States Parties to the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) was meant to end in Atlanta, exhausted negotiators finally adopted a resolution on “ Promoting transparency and integrity in public procurement in support of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development ”.

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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. But at the heart of this transformation lies the principle of transparency.

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How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

On 13 November 2023, the UK Government published guidance setting out its ambitions for innovation procurement under the new Procurement Act 2023 (not yet in force, of which you can read a summary here). This further expands on the ambitions underpinning the Transforming Public Procurement project that started after Brexit.

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Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Challenge : In 2020, only 5% of Lithuania’s public procurement spending by value used green criteria that favor environmentally friendly products and services. Results : Levels of green procurement uptake across Lithuanian public institutions have increased to 94% by value and 93% by total procedures as of 1 December 2023.

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How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Participants expressed a range of views as to which risks should be prioritised, noting that addressing frontier risks is not mutually exclusive from addressing existing AI risks and harms.’ Public procurement is an opportunity to put into practice how we will evaluate and use technology.’

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Public Contracting Institute

MAY 20, 2024

It typically involves the following steps: Identifying opportunities Reviewing solicitation documents Attending pre-bid meetings Preparing and submitting a responsive bid Participating in bid evaluation and negotiations To excel in the bidding process, consider enrolling in our Life Sciences Contracting 101 course.

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Open Contracting Partnership

JULY 21, 2023

David is the founder of reAcción , a grassroots anti-corruption civil society organization that empowers young people in Paraguay to fight for government transparency and social accountability. The first point we should remember is that we cannot romanticize citizen participation. This is an edited version of his remarks.

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Open Contracting Partnership

JULY 31, 2023

Current, closed, and awarded bids can now be found online, increasing transparency throughout the process. City employees are now able to collaborate on procurement more efficiently, and better plan and track their aspirations around equity and sustainability.

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

“It was the fastest implementation that we’ve ever done, which speaks a lot to the individuals involved, their commitment to our customers and also the platform,” said Jarrod McAdoo, Ivalua’s Senior Manager of Product Marketing at Ivalua and a participant in our panel discussion. resources,” said Good.

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Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Last week in Rome, we brought together over 100 leaders from 26 European governments , EU institutions, global organizations like the World Bank, OECD, EBRD, and UNOPS, civil society, and the private sector for the 3rd International Open and Sustainable Public Procurement Conference 2024.

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ivalua

APRIL 17, 2023

Ivalua Spend Management Insights [ivory-search] Source Wisely: Your Top 3 Public Procurement Software Essentials April 17, 2023 | | Public Sector by Jarrod McAdoo Today, state and local governments are tackling top priorities such as legacy modernization, cybersecurity, and cloud computing.

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Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Challenge: In 2020, public procurement in the Dominican Republic lacked public trust and credibility due to several high-level corruption scandals. The island’s procurement agency faced more than 250 open complaints and allegations of collusion and low competition in the procurement process.

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How to Crack a Nut

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

I continue exploring the use of public procurement as a tool of digital regulation (or ‘AI regulation by contract’ as shorthand)—ie as a mechanism to promote transparency, explainability, cyber security, ethical and legal compliance leading to trustworthiness, etc in the adoption of digital technologies by the public sector.

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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. As the PPDS Communication stresses To unlock the full potential of public procurement, access to data and the ability to analyse it are essential.

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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. They also help maintain the private sector’s trust in public procurement.

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Procureware

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

This list can help you determine which features and capabilities are most important for your procurement process. Supplier registration Public supplier registration is a fundamental component of the public procurement process and sourcing solutions that target government agencies all provide this functionality.

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Naomi Clews Consultancy

JULY 20, 2023

Public Procurement Report The latest National Audit Office (NAO) report provides detailed recommendations for UK Government departments’ to maximise the benefits of effective competition when they run public procurement processes.

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Bonfire

MARCH 29, 2022

At Bonfire, we get to work with hundreds of public procurement professionals every day. On March 15, we brought together procurement professionals from crown corporations across Canada for a virtual roundtable discussion. What general policies do crown corporations follow when it comes to procurement, POs, and contracts?

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ivalua

AUGUST 1, 2019

The initiative is intended to drive transparency, quality, and compliance in state procurement and improve the overall experience for all stakeholders. Vendors will benefit from this easy-to-use, single access point to review and participate in sourcing opportunities across the state,” said Robert Gleason, Senior Procurement Executive.

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University of Bristol

AUGUST 23, 2021

One of the relatively recent developments in the post-Brexit review of UK public procurement law is the February 2021 proposal for the replacement of the current rules on the commissioning of healthcare services for the purposes of the English NHS (for background, you can watch here ), with a new provider selection regime (‘the proposal’).

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ivalua

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Embarking on an eProcurement implementation can result in more efficient government, improved compliance and increased transparency. There hasn’t been an implementation project that I have been a part of where the team walked away without lessons learned for future implementations, and public sector implementations are no exception.

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Inter-American Development Bank

MARCH 15, 2024

The massive online course launched by the IDB based on this series has had more than 70,000 participants registered. Mechanisms exist but must become more effective to ensure equal access, representation, and inclusiveness in public decisions.

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Open Contracting Partnership

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Challenge: Despite ongoing government reforms, corruption and inefficient spending remains pervasive in Kazakhstan’s public procurement. They share educational resources with the general public and each other. And two-thirds of public spending is conducted through an opaque quasi-governmental sector.

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