REGISTRATION CLOSED
Registration Deadline: 04/09/2025Sprint start date: Week of 04/21/2025-
Sprint end date: Week of 08/04/2025
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Frequency: Weekly. Day and time determined collectively by participants.
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Duration: The sprint will last 12 weeks.
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Target audience: This sprint is ideally suited for cross-departmental city teams, from procurement to open data program managers to community engagement staff. All staff are welcome, regardless of seniority level.
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Language: Taught in Spanish.
Seizing Opportunities in Public Procurement: Using Data to Improve Spending and Increase Supplier Engagement.
Implementing an open procurement approach by implementing a public procurement open data strategy and a greater commitment to supplier inclusion can improve value for money in procurement and create more opportunities for businesses, particularly it can increase opportunities for entrepreneurs in underprivileged sectors. Traditionally, however, public procurement in cities can become a black box. Governments sometimes have little data and lack analytics, and suppliers find it difficult to find, win or successfully execute city contracts. This does not have to be the case: reforms based on an open procurement approach, focused on better data and providing access to potential suppliers, have helped governments around the world improve their procurement processes and systems, thereby achieving better outcomes for both cities and increasing supplier participation. Cities that have participated in this Sprint in the past have been able to improve their What WorksCitiescertification level by meeting the Results Based Procurement Criteria (see RDC7 and RDC8).
In this Sprint, you will delve deeper into open contracting strategies, including opening up procurement data to make it useful for both city staff and vendors. Through a series of Masterclasses, hands-on sessions, and technical support sessions with OCP's team of experts, you'll address your own challenge, analyze the context, identify pain points in your data systems and supplier registration/performance, and develop plans to address those pain points. Publishing procurement data, generating performance indicators, user/supplier research and strategic procurement improvement plans are some of the possible outcomes that participants will be able to develop in this course. In addition, you will advance in the fulfillment of the What Works Cities Criteria under Results Based Contracting (see RDC7 and RDC8).
We look forward to having you! Register as soon as possible, as space for this sprint is limited and registration does not guarantee participation. Additional cohorts may be offered in the future.
How to get the best results from the sprint?
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All public servants are welcome, regardless of their level of seniority within the administration. This sprint will be most useful for cross-departmental city teams, ideally consisting of three people from procurement and finance, open data or IT program managers, staff involved in vendor advocacy, buying agencies or other relevant departments. This sprint is open to cities at all levels of maturity in procurement, data management and supplier management. We strongly encourage participation by members of the procurement and data teams.
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This sprint is ideal for teams that have a specific challenge in mind related to procurement data disclosure and/or supplier promotion, or who wish to improve their knowledge in these areas. Cities that already have electronic systems and processes in place will be able to move faster, although this is not a prerequisite.
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During the 12 weeks, teams will be expected to participate in four one-hour Masterclass/Practical Sessions, a Final Showtime Session, as well as individual support sessions every two weeks to advance their project.
Sprint and Learning Outcomes
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Tangible progress towards Results-Driven Contracting (RDC) criteria RDC7: Open and Shared Contracting Data, and RDC8: Supporting Supplier Engagement and Competition, as well as fundamental tools to further increase supplier engagement and open data after the sprint.
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Depending on the needs and capacity of the team, we will complete relevant data release materials (such as a process and systems mapping) or a mapping for supplier issue identification. You will receive templates and guidance for completing these tasks.
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Plans will be designed to address a specific pain point identified in your data system or supplier advocacy, with specific deliverables and tools that you can apply in your work.
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