The EU Public Procurement Act: The Commission proposes a European preference framework
On 9 September 2026, the European Commission (the “Commission”) presented its proposal for a new Public Procurement Act, a significant reform of the EU...
Connect Indian Government Tenders to Claude and ChatGPT (MCP Guide, 2026)
Ask Claude or ChatGPT to “find road tenders in Gujarat closing this month” with nothing connected, and you will get an answer. It will...
20 Prompts for Tender Research With an AI Assistant (2026)
Most “AI prompts for procurement” lists are written for an assistant with no data access. They produce plausible prose about tendering in general and...
Green Public Procurement in India: From Fragmented Practice to a Scalable Green...
Public procurement is a foundational instrument of governance. It not only enables the functioning of government but also shapes markets, steers industrial behavior, and...
Case Study 1: Greenwash in Rainforest Furniture Contract –Brazil
Context: In 2019, a Brazilian state government launched a $14 million contract for eco-friendly school furniture, requiring that all timber be FSC-certified and locally...
When Governments Pay Late, Development Pays the Price!!
Across countries, delayed payment by governments to suppliers and contractors is treated as a routine administrative issue. But the data tells a different story:...
My Experience on Conducting MAPS Assessment, e-Learning and passing MAPS Certification Exam
My Experience on Conducting MAPS Assessment, e-Learning and passing MAPS Certification Exam ( posted on Nov 03, 2025) I. Conducting MAPS Assessment of 10...
Sustaining Public Procurement Education: Certificates, Partnerships, and the Future of Learning
The world of public procurement is changing rapidly — and so must the way we educate the people who manage it. Traditional degrees have...
World Bank Guidebook on Framework Agreements (English & French)
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From ‘Steel Frame’ to ‘Doers’: Reconstructing a decisive, efficient public procurement bureaucracy
The twin mantras of out-of-the-box thinking and de-silolised, “whole-of-government” decision-making, if properly implemented by procurement practitioners in the right spirit, could well convert their...