Open Contracting Partnership

Our Annual Report 2025 is out 📘. Open contracting helped turn procurement data into decisions: US$17bn in better spending, 19m people impacted, 51 open data publishers, and a Net Promoter Score 91/100. What could procurement data improve where you are? www.open-contracting.org/annual-report-2025

2/2  Earlier procurement planning. Simpler routes into contracts. Better supplier engagement. Connected award + payment data and public dashboards. Through Lift, OCP supported Boston on its strategy, KPIs, dashboards & forecasting. The full story: www.open-contracting.org/2026/09/28/f...

Black-owned businesses in Boston were winning roughly $12 for every $100 in contracts, a 2020 disparity study found. Since 2019, contract value to certified M/WBE firms has grown 165%, reaching $237.5m, the 1st time Boston has crossed $200m two years running. www.open-contracting.org/2026/09/28/f...

If you run a small business, finding a government contract worth bidding for can be a job in itself. Paraguay is using machine learning trained on 200,000+ past procurement awards to help flag opportunities that are more likely to suit MSMEs. Read more: www.open-contracting.org/2026/09/10/u...

📬 As Sept gets underway, here’s some useful procurement reading. Our latest newsletter looks at Europe’s procurement data plans, e-procurement reform in Africa, practical AI guidance and more Get the next issue in your inbox: open-contracting.us12.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

Heading to the ADB Business Opportunities Fair in Manila? Join OCP for four practical sessions on winning & delivering contracts, value for money in infrastructure, using data to spot corruption risks, & procurement that delivers better outcomes. 📅 21–24 Sept www.open-contracting.org/events/open-...

🇩🇴 El Sistema de Alerta Temprana en República Dominicana utiliza 21 indicadores o "banderas rojas" para monitorear en tiempo real 300 procesos de compra diarios. Conoce más en nuestra página web www.open-contracting.org/es/

🏙️ 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 procurement data better & strengthen vendor engagement. 📅 Sept 11: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

📣 Opportunities — from our Board to our Asia team 🌍Governing Board by 27 Sept www.prospect-us-site.co.uk/open-contrac... 🇮🇳India Regional Lead open-contracting-partnership.breezy.hr/p/5ae6a7fd49ff 📍State Leads: Assam, Himachal Pradesh + Odisha open-contracting-partnership.breezy.hr/p/b8e0113e6939

💻 What makes e-procurement work? That was the focus in Lusaka, where procurement & technical leads from 12 African countries shared lessons on supplier access, better data & making digital reforms stick. Read the wrap-up & resulting communiqué.👇 www.open-contracting.org/2026/07/22/b...

🌍 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 www.prospect-us-site.co.uk/open-contrac... #AsiaPacific #Governance #Board

🏙️ What could your city do with better procurement data and better relationships with suppliers? US cities can join our next 12-week What Works Cities sprint for practical support on procurement data, vendor engagement and improving contracting. 📅 Register by 11 Sept: forms.gle/wMCVo5JA9WZP...

E-procurement is not just about putting a system online. Leaders & technical experts from 12 African countries share reforms need to succeed: user-focused design, strong change management, better data & a commitment to openness. Watch their tips👇https://youtube.com/shorts/mMfzFyX5nqc?feature=share

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. www.open-contracting.org/2026/08/03/a... #PublicProcurement #OpenData #EU

We’re hiring. We are looking for a Senior Data Support Manager for Asia to help partners use procurement data to improve public procurement outcomes. A great role for someone interested in open data, governance and practical reform. ⏱️1 Sept open-contracting-partnership.breezy.hr/p/a78abec927...

En Colombia logramos reducir en un 30% la probabilidad de que los donantes de campaña recibieran contratos públicos mediante una estrategia de supervisión innovadora. Descubre cómo lo hicimos en el blog ⬇️🔗

South Africa's Public Procurement Act is a serious reform step. Our submission to National Treasury identifies four gaps worth closing: a central platform deadline, mandatory use, priority data fields and an explicit open data commitment. www.open-contracting.org/2026/07/22/s... #OpenData

For public health buyers, comparing medicine prices should be straightforward. In Brazil, Medicamentos Transparentes uses AI and open procurement data to identify medicine purchases & make prices easier to compare. A practical AI use case from @apolitical.bsky.social: apolitical.co/en/navigator...

Publishing tenders is not enough. Small businesses also need to hear about opportunities early, understand the requirements, register & access finance to deliver once they win. New blog on what it takes to turn open data into open markets, www.open-contracting.org/2026/07/22/b... #OpenContracting

12,900 public investment projects are moving through DREAM, Ukraine's digital ecosystem for public investment. DREAM AI Assistant is built to help officials navigate complex rules faster & prepare stronger projects. AI built on open data & human oversight. www.open-contracting.org/2026/07/22/f...

Extreme heat is a planning, data & spending problem. In India, we & @civic-data-lab.bsky.social are using open data to map heat risk & track where disaster spending is going across Assam & Odisha, helping governments target resources before the crisis hits. www.open-contracting.org/2026/07/20/t...

What separates useful AI in procurement from another shiny experiment? A clear problem to solve. Our latest blog looks at 4 practical use cases: better data, automation, oversight & market intelligence, & why impact depends on implementation. www.open-contracting.org/2026/07/09/a... #Opendata #AI

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... #GreenProcurement #AI

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 @ukanticorruptioncoalition.org in calling for reform before the next crisis. See statement: www.open-contracting.org/news/covid-1...

AI will not fix public procurement by itself. But with the right data, clear criteria & human review, it can help with real use cases: greener tenders, medicine price comparisons, public investment data & buying AI responsibly. 5 case studies in @apolitical.bsky.social apolitical.co/en/navigator...

🎧🎙️Nuestro Director para Latam, Óscar Hernández, participó en el podcast The Leading Edge, donde desglosó cómo podemos pasar de la "cultura del cumplimiento" a una contratación basada en resultados (OBC) que realmente cambie vidas.  🔗Escucha la entrevista https://f.mtr.cool/wlfhqyyvjt

Publishing open procurement data is a policy commitment. Making it useful is a technical skill. Day 3 in Lusaka: e-procurement managers from Africa mapping fields, checking quality, connecting the data across the full procurement cycle. Learn more: www.open-contracting.org/resources/us... #OCDS

We are in Lusaka. This week, procurement officials, e-GP teams and anti-corruption experts are working through what it takes to make digital procurement open, useful and corruption-resistant. Follow along. #OpenContracting #eProcurement #Africa @unodc.bsky.social @openownership.bsky.social

E-procurement can be a turning point. Ahead of this week’s regional workshop in Lusaka, we’re resharing practical e-GP lessons from Ethiopia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Uganda and Zambia. Our Africa e-GP lessons + tools: www.open-contracting.org/resources/af... #eGP #PublicProcurement

Ukraine's DREAM ecosystem at 2 years: From a tool to improve reconstruction coordination and transparency to public investment planning supporting 1000+ communities & 30,000+ public officials. 🔗 Read our stock-take www.open-contracting.org/2026/06/23/t... #URC2026

From pledges to projects: This week at #LCAW2026, we'll discuss how opening up #publicprocurement can break up silos. A failure to fix this undermines social innovation, economic inclusion, and the achievement of net zero. Here's where to find us: www.open-contracting.org/events/29499/

🚀 ¿Cómo comprar IA con éxito en el sector público? No dejes que la complejidad te frene. Aplica estos "hacks" estratégicos para alcanzar tus objetivos de adquisición. Consulta más en nuestra Guía ⬇️  https://f.mtr.cool/ezevgazjyp

Our world runs on public contracts. What’s one thing that would make procurement information more usable where you are? Read our Annual Report 2025: www.open-contracting.org/about/annual... 📘 #PublicProcurement #OpenData

🌎✨ Para transformar las compras públicas en todas partes, necesitamos trabajar juntos, compartir mejores prácticas y aprovechar los aprendizajes de otros colegas. 🔗 Suscríbete a nuestro boletín en español en nuestra página web https://f.mtr.cool/hdqcebztbr

We’re pleased to welcome Juan Ricardo Ortega to our Board. Juan Ricardo is President of Grupo Energía de Bogotá & previously Was Director of Colombia’s tax authority & as Deputy Minister of Finance. He brings deep experience in governance reform, public finance and procurement reform in LATAM.

UK procurement data is more open than ever. Our colleague Camila Salazar has written a practical guide to analyzing Find a Tender Service data, from accessing the data to calculating useful indicators on competition, SMEs & contract value. www.open-contracting.org/2026/05/27/h...

When reconstruction is decided from the top down, communities wait to be chosen. Ukraine’s DREAM ecosystem is changing that. Used by 89% of Ukrainian communities, DREAM helps local communities propose projects and makes public investment easier to track. www.govtechintelhub.org/case-study-d...

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CREDERE demostró que los datos abiertos son una infraestructura clave para la visibilidad financiera de las pymes en Colombia. 🇨🇴 Descubre las lecciones del modelo aquí: https://f.mtr.cool/nrnpfwpftc