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The UK's upcoming Procurement Bill , designed to reshape the post-Brexit publicprocurementsystem, is entering its final legislative phase. The House of Lords is reviewing amendments proposed by the Commons, with the next session scheduled for October 24, 2023.
Among the reform areas identified was the country’s publicprocurementsystem. The strategy outlined in the NACP aimed to establish a dedicated publicprocurement law and revamp existing procurement practices. However, the real challenge lies in translating these principles into effective practices.
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Public sector procurement relies heavily on framework agreements as a streamlined purchasing tool for goods and services. Pre-negotiated terms are provided that reduce the complexity for contracting authorities in procurement whilst allowing suppliers to capture opportunities more efficiently.
It has debarred more than 60 suppliers for violations, and reduced unresolved complaints and canceled tenders. The measures seem to have increased trust in the reforms: more than 20,000 new suppliers have registered, competition is growing across open procurement processes, and supplier diversity is up 27%.
The team at B2Gov, based in Argentina and made up of 19 people, offers clients the chance to boost their business capacities in the publicprocurement market, to understand the competitive dynamics of the market in advance, to conduct performance assessments and devise strategies to succeed in future opportunities.
To better understand the challenges small businesses face when bidding for public tenders, and complementary to its Lift impact accelerator project, the Open Contracting Partnership engaged in conversations with entrepreneurs, public officials, and civil society actors with a stake in improving the publicprocurementsystem.
Results: The number of women-led businesses registered in the official state publicprocurementsystem increased by 43% from 2021 and 2022 to a total of 158 businesses, winning a total of 47 contracts, up from a mere 7 in 2020. Digitizing supplier registration and bid submission has also helped eliminate barriers to access.
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These recommendations are as follows: Make the publication of contract awards mandatory throughout the federal publicprocurementsystem and communicate the requirement to all stakeholders. Use unique standardised IDs for organisations—both buyers and suppliers—in addition to their names.
Upgrades to the DNCP’s open data incorporating this MSME classification have allowed third-party services to emerge, like the platform VIGIA, which suppliers can use to monitor tenders in real-time and report any concerns or anti-competitive behavior to authorities. and the total value awarded to MSMEs has remained steady.
In 2022, OCP published an impact story about how Indonesia’s authorities have been working with civil society to curb corruption by improving timely oversight of the publicprocurementsystem, which spans over 600 decentralized government agencies. Three of these cases were related to road works, repairs and upgrades.
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I am delighted to present to How to Crack a Nut readers an outline of my recently published book Framework Agreements, Supplier Lists and Other PublicProcurement Tools: Purchasing Uncertain or Indefinite Requirements (Hart Publishing, 2023).
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