Module 5: Preventing corruption in project procurement
Transparency
- Be as transparent as possible about the bid opportunity. Corruption feeds off secrecy, and lack of knowledge. As far as reasonable:
- advertise the bid opportunity widely and openly
- communicate the evaluation criteria and other key information to all bidders so that no one has an unfair advantage through possessing different levels of knowledge
- publish the bid process and its outcome on a publicly accessible website.
- The more information that is publicly available, the greater the opportunity for personnel, a bidder, or member of public to report suspicious circumstances (e.g. conflicts of interest, cartels, unusual bid outcomes, unqualified bidders, pricing oddities).
January 2025
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