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Making government contracting better, and more fair and inclusive

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Why we need to improve public contracting

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What is open contracting and what are the benefits

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Case studies of change

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Why we need to improve public contracting

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Procurement by the numbers�

Internationally: $13 trillion �

U.S. Federal: $556 billion

  • Only 10% of U.S. federal contracts go to women-owned businesses

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U.S. States: $1.4 trillion

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U.S. Local: $1.6 trillion

  • Minority business enterprises receive 57 cents to the dollar for local government contracts

U.S. numbers from 2018 for comparison

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What is open contracting and what are the benefits

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We help partners (e.g. governments and non-profits) think different about procurement using an open government and data to drive impactful, sustainable reforms

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30+ countries implementing open contracting

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  • Implementation
    • Technical assistance and capacity building for procurement reform projects
  • Learning
    • Research and monitoring and evaluation to document which activities and outputs are leading to impact
  • Advocacy
    • Supporting our partners with key messages and evidence to advocate for change

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How we work

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Structured data and records for public contracts

(Open Contracting Data Standard)

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…matched to user needs

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Value for money and efficiency

Integrity

Effective service delivery

Level playing field for business

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Case studies of change

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Long Beach:

Extreme Procurement Makeover Focused on Inclusion

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Goals

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  • More than 130 employees trained

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  • Average time to issue and award RFPs has decreased from 8 to 3.5 months�
  • Creation of Pitch Long Beach!

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RMartin@open-contracting.org

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