The document compares public procurement regulation and data availability in the UK and across Europe. It finds that while the UK discloses more information for tenders above the EU threshold, the scope of disclosed information is more limited for tenders below the threshold. Data availability across different categories of procurement information is also compared between the UK and European average based on analysis of contracts published on the Tenders Electronic Daily platform from 2009-2013.

1. DIGIWHIST and UK comparison
Mihály Fazekas and Bence Tóth
05 Nov 2015

2. DIGIWHIST - The Digital Whistleblower. Fiscal Transparency,Risk
Assessment andImpactof Good Governance Policies Assessed
Goal:
Advancing anticorruption, transparency, and spending efficiency in public procurement
Open data and indicators for 35 European countries: EU, EEA, Caucasus
Data:
Micro-level procurement data
Company information
Public organisation information
Asset declarations
Transparency and procurement legislation
Consortium: Cambridge, Hertie, CRCB, Datlab, Open Knowledge Foundation, Transcrime
Using OCDS data template (with minor
differences)

3. Public procurement regulation
Different regulation in each country + EU regulation -> Scope of publicly
available data is different
UK:
1. National level
 low threshold: only 10000 GBP
 Scope of disclosed information is limited
2. Above EU threshold tenders:
 public works 4.3 m GDP, services and supplies: 111 k GDP
 Wide scope of disclosed information, but many errors

4. Data availability – categories
1. Contract related items
2. Dates
3. Requirements
4. Documentation
5. Funding
6. Buyer information
7. Bidder/Winner information
8. Bids
9. Prices
10. Cancellation/correction
11. Other information
Q: What is publicly
available?

5. Data availability – categories
1. Contract related items
2. Dates
3. Requirements
4. Documentation
5. Funding
6. Buyer information
7. Bidder/Winner information
8. Bids
9. Prices
10. Cancellation/correction
11. Other information
a) Title
b) Procedure type
c) Negotiated procedure reason
d) Description
e) Type (service/goods/construction)
f) Size (above/below EU threshold)
g) Location of performance
h) Variants accepted
i) Deposits
j) Electronic auction used
k) Framework agreement
l) Award criteria
m) Main object/CPV code
n) Announcement ID
o) Contract ID
p) Is it a DPS (Dynamic Purchasing System)

6. Data availability – categories
1. Contract related items
2. Dates
3. Requirements
4. Documentation
5. Funding
6. Buyer information
7. Bidder/Winner information
8. Bids
9. Prices
10. Cancellation/correction
11. Other information
a) Estimated contract value
b) Final contract value
c) Bid values
d) Total amount paid at contract completion
e) Highest bid value
f) Lowest bid value

7. Data availability – comparison
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Based on DIGIWHIST data

8. TED:2009-13
13 mandatory items:
Organisation name, address
Contract values
Subcontract
Dates
Actual data availability (above the EU threshold)
Source: Fazekas, M., Dávid-Barrett, E. (2015): Corruption Risks in UK Public
Procurement and New Anti-Corruption Tools

9. Single bidding in above
the EU thresholds
TED data 2009-2014

10. Thank you!

11. Data availability – comparison (contract
related)
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12. Data availability – comparison (tender
outcome)
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13. CRI in EU contracts
TED data 2009-2014

14. Example 1: kozpenzkereso

15. Example 1: kozpenzkereso