2. 7 = very common
Public procurement is the government activity
with the highest perception of bribery risk
7
6
5
4
1 = never occurs
3
2
1
Awarding of
public contracts
and licenses
Imports and
exports
Obtaining
favorable judicial
decisions
Annual tax
payments
Public utilities
3. The 2008 OECD Recommendation on
Enhancing Integrity in Public Procurement
The core principles are:
• Transparency;
• Good management;
• Prevention of misconduct; and
• Control.
4. E-procurement systems are not fully
developed
Source: OECD Public Procurement survey 2012
Percentage of responding OECD countries.
5. Transparency through e-procurement
• IMSS (Mexico): new portal with information on price
paid and quantity of procured items allows traceability;
• ISSSTE (Mexico): improved e-stock management and
inventory systems help assess needs for purchases;
• ChileCompra (Chile): monthly comparison of data with
previous information to estimate spend, savings and the
use of framework agreements;
• Federal Procurement Agency in the Ministry of the
Interior (Germany): electronic workflow to centralise
information and provide a record of the procedure.
7. Transparency portals building on eprocurement
• www.portaldatransparencia.gov.br (Brazil):
procurement data are extracted from existing IT
systems and published on the portal allowing free
real-time information on budget execution;
• www.USAspending.gov (USA): single searchable
website, freely accessible to the public, which
includes information on value and winner for each
federal award;
• AusTender (Australia): records searchable by
agency, date range, value
range, category, confidentiality, supplier
name, supplier Australian Business Number;
statistics are published.
