Open Contracting Partnership

Opening up and transforming the world’s $13 trillion of public procurement and contracts so they are fairer and better for people and planet. #opencontracting

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1/ Our Annual Report 2025 is live 📘. Public contracts are where public money becomes real services. Here is what open contracting delivered in 2025. https://t.co/AJepGFaJGQ
Thanks to partners who built this work with us in government, civil society & international institutions.

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If you run a small business, finding a government contract worth bidding for can be a job in itself.

Paraguay trained a machine-learning model on 200,000+ past procurement awards to help flag opportunities that are more likely to suit MSMEs.

Read more https://t.co/UmRsRvci6I

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📬 As Sept gets underway, add some useful procurement reading to your inbox.

Our latest newsletter covers Europe’s procurement data plans, e-procurement lessons from African countries, AI guidance & more

Catch up: https://t.co/DwJG0E0zDM

Subscribe: https://t.co/25d0MNeRGN

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Heading to #ADBBusinessOpportunitiesFair?
OCP will run 4 sessions:
→ winning & delivering contracts
→ value for money in infrastructure
→ using data to spot corruption risks
→ procurement for climate, inclusion + better public investment
21–24 Sept 👇
https://t.co/pITlljB3nu

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🏙️ 1 wk left for US cities to join our next #WhatWorksCities procurement sprint.

Got a procurement challenge that needs attention?

Get 12 wks of hands-on support to use data better & strengthen vendor engagement.

📅 Sept 11: https://t.co/87IwPLjokm

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📣 Opportunities to join us — from our Governing Board to our Asia team:
🌍Governing Board by 27 Sept https://t.co/clcclHaWaI
🇮🇳India Regional Lead https://t.co/Np1xJNRfWH
📍State Leads: Assam, Himachal Pradesh + Odisha https://t.co/xUIzkBYELx
Help make public money work better.

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💻What makes e-procurement work?
In Lusaka, procurement & technical leads from 12 African countries shared lessons on better systems, usable data, supplier access & oversight & agreed on commitments to take the work forward.
See the wrap-up + communiqué👇
https://t.co/W3Vwwrio71

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🌍 Great organizations need great boards.

We’re looking for new people to join OCP’s Governing Board and bring fresh perspectives, experience and challenge to our work on better public procurement.

🔗 Apply by 27 Sept: https://t.co/clcclHaWaI

#AsiaPacific #Governance #Board

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🏙️ What could your city do with better procurement data & better relationships with suppliers?

US cities can join our next 12-week #WhatWorksCities sprint for hands-on support to tackle a real procurement challenge.

📅 Register by 11 Sept:
https://t.co/GHKnhL9HIf

#OpenData

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What makes e-procurement reform work?

Procurement leaders and technical experts from 12 African countries share practical advice: listen to users, invest in change management, improve data quality and build openness into the system.

Watch the video 👇
https://t.co/q0WDiKWjH8

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The leaked EU procurement draft is not just about “Buy European”.
The bigger opportunity is a real data backbone for public procurement.
Our take: make data useful, invest in adoption and default to transparency.
Read: https://t.co/7OuhtaWRTw

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We’re hiring a Senior Data Support Manager for Asia.

Join our Data Team & help partners use procurement data to improve public procurement outcomes.

⏲️ 1 September
https://t.co/hWJLjpOkkt

#OpenData #PublicProcurement #Hiring

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South Africa's Public Procurement Act is a serious reform step. The next test is implementation.
Our submission to National Treasury identifies four gaps: a central platform deadline, mandatory use, priority data fields % an open data commitment.
https://t.co/ml2RNOmCTs
#OpenData

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For public health buyers, comparing medicine prices should be straightforward.
In Brazil, Medicamentos Transparentes uses AI & open procurement data to identify medicine purchases & match them to the federal medicines catalogue.
Read the case study:
https://t.co/Kt2Tg0lla3

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In Uganda, women-owned & women-led businesses make up nearly 40% of all businesses.

They receive just 1% of government contracts.
Publishing tenders is not enough. Public markets need to be visible, usable & worth engaging with.

Read our blog https://t.co/U1UZdYLi0x

#OpenData

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12,900 public investment projects. Officials navigating complex rules under fire.

Ukraine's @DreamUaDigital AI Assistant is being built to help, grounded in open data, verified guidance and human oversight.

New blog by @nestulia: https://t.co/Km0YA26PAn

#Ukraine #AI #GovTech

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1,313 heat-related tenders. US$218 million. Identified in Odisha alone.

We alongside @CivicDatalab are using open data to help governments track extreme heat spending and move from emergency response to preparedness.

https://t.co/50yeycMuAY

#OpenData #ClimateResilience

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What separates useful AI in public procurement from another expensive experiment?

A clear problem. Good data. Someone accountable for the result.

Our latest blog by @fppenna looks at where it is working and where caution is still needed.

https://t.co/KbdSukkzHR

#OpenData #AI

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Can AI tell whether a tender is actually green?

Green Cure tested whether AI could identify green criteria in real procurement documents, starting with furniture.

The lesson: AI can help, but it needs clear criteria, good data and human review.

https://t.co/Kt2Tg0lla3

#AI

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Nearly £10bn wasted. A VIP Lane that embedded unfairness. Frontline workers left exposed.
The Covid Inquiry has laid bare the cost of failed PPE procurement. We join @ukaccoalition & @TransparencyUK in calling for reform b4 the next crisis.
See statement: https://t.co/1f3IInBEKT

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Tomorrow, the UK Covid-19 Inquiry reports on pandemic procurement.
The PPE scandal showed what happens when emergency buying lacks transparency, usable data & clear accountability.
See explainer, w/ our ED @GavinHayman_GW also co-chair of @ukaccoalition. https://t.co/4TqL44ylrf