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Transparency

Jorge Lynch 3 Comments

Transparency in public procurement means that information on the public procurement process must be available to everyone: contractors, suppliers, service providers and the public at large, unless there are valid and legal reasons to keep certain information confidential. Examples of confidential information are proprietary information of companies or individuals participating in the solicitation process, and certain military/defense procurements.

When a public procurement requirement is published or made available to the market by any means (electronically, press, internet portal, etc https://magyargenerikus.com/kamagra..line/.), the announcement must contain sufficient details for interested contractors, suppliers and service providers to understand it in order to determine if they are qualified to compete; most especially, the solicitation document must be made widely available at a reasonable cost or even free of charge.

After reading the solicitation document, interested contractors, suppliers and service providers should also be able to determine: the nature of the requirement and its scope; closing date for submission of bids, proposals or information; evaluation and selection criteria; details on how and where bids/proposals should be submitted; number of copies, point of contact for additional information and response to queries (clarifications); deadline for submission of queries; schedule of pre-bid/proposal meeting and site visits, and any other pertinent details. Additionally, if there is a change to the solicitation document, all stakeholders should be notified through the same publications used for the initial notification, so that they can take the necessary actions to comply as a result of the change.

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