DIGIWHIST and UK comparisonMihály Fazekas and Bence Tóth05 Nov 2015

DIGIWHIST - The Digital Whistleblower. Fiscal Transparency, Risk Assessment and Impact of Good Governance Policies Assessed

Goal: Advancing anticorruption, transparency, and spending efficiency in public procurementOpen data and indicators for 35 European countries: EU, EEA, Caucasus

Data:Micro-level procurement dataCompany informationPublic organisation informationAsset declarationsTransparency and procurement legislation

Consortium: Cambridge, Hertie, CRCB, Datlab, Open Knowledge Foundation, Transcrime

Using OCDS data template (with minor differences)

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

Data availability – categories1. Contract related items2. Dates3. Requirements4. Documentation5. Funding6. Buyer information7. Bidder/Winner information8. Bids9. Prices10. Cancellation/correction11. Other information

Q: What is publicly

available?

Data availability – categories1. Contract related items2. Dates3. Requirements4. Documentation5. Funding6. Buyer information7. Bidder/Winner information8. Bids9. Prices10. Cancellation/correction11. Other information

a) Titleb) Procedure typec) Negotiated procedure reasond) Descriptione) Type (service/goods/construction)f) Size (above/below EU threshold)g) Location of performanceh) Variants acceptedi) Depositsj) Electronic auction usedk) Framework agreementl) Award criteriam)Main object/CPV coden) Announcement IDo) Contract IDp) Is it a DPS (Dynamic Purchasing

System)

Data availability – categories1. Contract related items2. Dates3. Requirements4. Documentation5. Funding6. Buyer information7. Bidder/Winner information8. Bids9. Prices10. Cancellation/correction11. Other information

a) Estimated contract valueb) Final contract valuec) Bid valuesd) Total amount paid at contract

completione) Highest bid valuef) Lowest bid value

Data availability – comparison

Hunga

ry

Lithu

ania

Bulgari

a ECLat

via

Netherl

ands

Austr

ia

Czech

Rep.

Portuga

l

Belgiu

mEst

onia

Slovak

ia

Norway

Spain

Roman

ia

Sloven

iaFra

nceGree

ceCy

prus

German

y

Luxem

bourg

Malta*

Polan

dSe

rbia

Georgia

Switze

rland

Denmark

Finlan

dIce

land

Italy

United

Kingdom

Armen

iaCro

atiaIre

land

0%

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20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

Based on DIGIWHIST data

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

Single bidding in above the EU thresholds

TED data 2009-2014

Thank you!

Data availability – comparison (contract related)

Austr

ia

Hunga

ry

Netherl

ands

Slovak

ia

Lithu

ania

Portuga

l

Norway EC

Bulgari

a

Czech

Rep.

Belgium

Cypru

s

Eston

iaSp

ainGree

ce

German

y

Roman

iaLat

via

Sloven

iaFra

nce

Luxem

bourg

Polan

dMalt

a*

Switze

rland

Denmark

Serbi

a

Georgia

Armen

ia

Finlan

dIta

lyCro

atiaIre

land

United

Kingd

omIce

land

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

Data availability – comparison (tender outcome)

Hunga

ry

Georgia

Lithu

ania

Bulgari

aLat

via EC

Czech

Rep.

Belgiu

mMalt

a*

Eston

iaFra

nce

Netherl

ands

Polan

dSp

ain

Portuga

l

Roman

ia

Sloven

ia

Slovak

ia

Norway

Serbi

a

Luxem

bourg

Icelan

dAu

stria

Cypru

s

United

Kingdom

German

yGree

ce Italy

Denmark

Irelan

d

Switze

rland

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

CRI in EU contracts

TED data 2009-2014

Example 1: kozpenzkereso

Example 1: kozpenzkereso