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-report-…
Thanks to partners who built this work with us in government, civil society & international institutions.

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.

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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

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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/open-co…

🏙️ 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/1FAI…

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

💻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/2026/07/22/bey…

🌍 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-contracti…

#AsiaPacific #Governance #Board

🏙️ 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/wMCVo5JA9WZPAR…

#OpenData

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/mMfzFyX…

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/2026/08/03/a-d…

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.breezy.hr/p/a78abec92782…

#OpenData #PublicProcurement #Hiring

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/2026/07/22/sub…
#OpenData

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…

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/2026/07/22/bey…

#OpenData

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/2026/07/22/fro…

#Ukraine #AI #GovTech

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/2026/07/20/tar…

#OpenData #ClimateResilience

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/2026/07/09/ai-…

#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/c…

#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 @ukaccoalition & @TransparencyUK in calling for reform b4 the next crisis.
See statement: open-contracting.org/news/covid-19-…

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=tlf0o4…