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Smarter collaboration: How Mexico City delivers major projects through inclusive planning

Open Contracting Partnership

In large public projects, like infrastructure, transport, and delivering public services like water and social programs, the difference between success and failure often comes down to how well you plan and who you involve early on. There are several benefits to this transparent discussion. It all starts with procurement.

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DoD raises formal performance concerns on multibillion dollar moving contract

Federal News Network

Transportation Command asks the vendor, HomeSafe Alliance, to justify hundreds of instances over the past month in which movers have failed to begin military families moves on the agreed-upon dates, delivered their belongings late, or both. The recent show-cause notice from U.S.

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Open Olympics 2026: progress and challenges

Open Contracting Partnership

Its hugely positive that 20 Italian civil society organizations came together as a coalition to push for transparency and accountability in the delivery of the Games. billion), mostly focused on improving roads and transport links. Spending transparency : The portal only reports initial bid values, not actual expenditures.

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Public Procurement: Delivering Value to a Community While Making Profit

Tracker Intelligence

Oftentimes, public authorities buy services such as energy, transport, social protection, waste management, and health or educational services from private entities. Integrity All tender documents must have clear and dependable information free of bias. ” A tender refers o the actual contract.

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The Role Of Social Value In Public Procurement: Driving Community Impact

Tracker Intelligence

Transparent criteria for evaluating social value proposals allow for fair competition among suppliers while keeping them liable for their commitments. European Union Procurement Directives These directives emphasise transparency, equal treatment, and the inclusion of sustainability goals in procurement decisions.

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Buying local, inclusive and green: How Iowa’s capital, Des Moines, is living its values through better procurement

Open Contracting Partnership

Current, closed, and awarded bids can now be found online, increasing transparency throughout the process. The city had no central online platform for identifying tendering opportunities. Now current, closed, and awarded bids can be looked up online, increasing transparency throughout the process.

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2023 Year in Review: Latin America and Investment Arbitration

Kluwer Arbitration

Peru (where the claimant argued that the tender of the project, which was the subject of the dispute, had been rigged as part of a corruption scheme involving high ranking officials in the government), this year, Julio Olortegui and Nennele Rivadeneira reported on the decision in Panamericana Television S.A