African Data Revolution: Survey
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All tenders and awards of the national/federal government aggregated by office. Do not consider procurement planning or other procurement phases. Open procurement data may enable fairer competition among companies, allow to detect fraud, as well as deliver better services for governments and citizens. The Index draws on work from the Open Contracting Partnership.
| Question | Answer | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Available free of charge | Yes | Terms of reference of a tender are not free. |
| Downloadable | Yes | Available as .doc files |
| Publicly available | Yes | However, there are some private companies, who collects all tenders and post them on their online platforms for their subscribers to access. |
| Openly licenced | No | |
| Up-to-date | No | All tenders are advertised. However, information on which bidder was awarded, the public doesn't get it. Except in an event the tender is contested in court or newspaper |
| In an open and machine-readable format | Other | PDF. Most tender documents are available as PDF |
| Digital data | No | PDF is available for some tenders. |
| Print data | Yes | Was advetised in the newspaper, perspective bidders can collect the term of reference at the relevant government office |
| location | https://www.mof.gov.na/tender-awards - Reports of awards for 2015 | |
| Collected by government | Yes | |
| findable_steps | Research online, interview citizens and business owners about how they get to know about government contracts. | |
| characteristics | Tender name & description, Award announcement, Value of the award, Supplier's name | Government advertises tenders in the newspapers, interested bidders then collect the terms of reference from the ministry/government agency. After the due date has elapsed, the tender board meets to discuss and shortlist, in order to award the tender. Once a tender is awarded it is difficult to know who was awarded as this information is not open for the public. |
| Controlled access | Yes | |
| Collector name | Ministry of Finance |