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December 3, 2020 ChileCompra wins international award for its impact on Open Public Procurement worldwide The Award was granted today to ChileCompra by the multilateral organizations World Commerce & Contracting Association (WCCA) and Open Contracting Partnership (OCP), for advancing in the construction of a more open and accessible public market, thanks to the more than 5, 9 million procurement processes available in the open data format, known as the OCDS standard. Changing the status quo in public procurement is difficult, experts say. For this reason, the World Commerce & Contracting Association (WCCA) and Open Contracting Partnership (OCP) -multilateral organizations around procurement and open data- today awarded those countries that have achieved the greatest progress in the construction of a public market more open and accessible. This years winner of the “Impact on Open Contracting” award is the ChileCompra Department for increasing access and transparency in public procurement through the implementation of the Open Contracting Standard, also known as the Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS). The ChileCompra team led by Tania Perich, Director, Guillermo Burr, Head of Studies, Hugo Gallardo, Studies analyst and Leyla Pastén, developer, implemented in all the Tenders, in the purchases by the Framework Agreement catalog and the acquisitions by Deals Direct from public organizations, the OCDS standard that allows citizens, civil society and study centers to access and analyze public procurement transactions in Chile under a common data model. Citizens can access this information directly from the files on www.mercadopublico.cl in the case of public tenders and promptly in downloadable formats through the site https://datosabiertos.chilecompra.cl/ , in the case of purchases by Framework Agreement and Direct Deals. The Undersecretary of Finance, Alejandro Weber, highlighted that “thanks to this initiative of ChileCompra in open data, our country remains among the most advanced in terms of transparency and access to information on public purchases. We are very proud and grateful for this recognition from the WCCA and OCP, which encourages us to continue working to increase the levels of transparency, efficiency and access in the acquisitions carried out by 850 organizations throughout the country for amounts that exceed US $ 11,500. millions a year ”. Tania Perich, Director of ChileCompra, explained for her part: “I want to especially acknowledge the team that took charge of the implementation. It was an arduous job to provide a high volume of information in a format that allows better and greater access for citizens. This translates into more than 5.9 million purchasing processes available in a standardized way, which allows increasing the levels of transparency, social control or accountability and access ”. As stated by OCP, “the Impact in Open Contracting award honors the bold reformers who are changing the image in public contracting” thanks to the provision in open data format of the information and innovative methods to radically improve works, public goods and services. Prozorro.Sale , Ukraines public procurement platform, was the second finalist in this category, advancing in the management of state assets through open data. The Open Contracting Impact Award is one of eight categories in the WorldCC 2020 Excellence and Innovation Awards, which recognize individuals and organizations that achieve the highest standards in contract management. The virtual Global Awards ceremony was held on December 3. Why did ChileCompra win this award? In the context of the Fourth Open Government Plan (2018-2020), ChileCompra assumed commitment No. 12 and initiated a process to incorporate good practices promoted by multilateral organizations -such as the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and Open Contracting Partnership-, with the establishment of the international standard for open contracting, the Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS). In this way, the aim is to provide a known format for sharing public procurement information in all stages of a public procurement process. This commitment was fulfilled in 2020 with 100%, by adding to the more than 3.7 million public tender files in www.mercadopublico.cl , the 2.2 million processes of direct deals and Framework Agreements readily available in https : //datosabierto.chilecompra.cl/ . Open Contracting Partnership is an organization that collaborates with governments, companies, civil society and technology specialists to make transparent and transform public procurement around the world. It seeks to bring together open data and open government to achieve public procurement that is fair and effective. World Commerce & Contracting Association is a global non-profit association that promotes standards and enhances skills in business practice. |
