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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. open-contracting.org/annual-… 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 open-contracting.org/2026/09…
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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: us12.campaign-archive.com/?u… Subscribe: open-contracting.us12.list-m…
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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 👇 open-contracting.org/events/…
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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: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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📣 Opportunities to join us — from our Governing Board to our Asia team: 🌍Governing Board by 27 Sept prospect-us-site.co.uk/open-… 🇮🇳India Regional Lead open-contracting-partnership… 📍State Leads: Assam, Himachal Pradesh + Odisha open-contracting-partnership… 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👇 open-contracting.org/2026/07…
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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: prospect-us-site.co.uk/open-… #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: forms.gle/wMCVo5JA9WZPAR5P8 #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 👇 youtube.com/shorts/mMfzFyX5n…

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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: open-contracting.org/2026/08…
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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 open-contracting-partnership… #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. open-contracting.org/2026/07… #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: apolitical.co/en/navigator/c…
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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 open-contracting.org/2026/07… #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: open-contracting.org/2026/07… #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. open-contracting.org/2026/07… #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. open-contracting.org/2026/07… #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. apolitical.co/en/navigator/c… #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: open-contracting.org/news/co…
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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. youtube.com/watch?v=tlf0o4y0…
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