This is a part of a presentation I usually give to Member States and other development agencies on goPRS suite of software (goprs.unodc.org), a set of 5 software on public procurement corruption prevention...Ready to provide further details if needed. We need to curb corruption...

1. goprs.unodc.org
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Tackling corruption at its source
Alain Nkoyock, PhD, Chief, Corporate Networks Unit, ITS, UNOV/UNODC
Shadi Al Abani, Systems Development Specialist, Team Leader, ITS, UNOV/UNODC
Julia P. Davis, JD, Director, Center for Public Procurement Law & Policy, ILI (U.S.)
15 July 2013
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2. goPRS Suite of Software
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3. goPRS Enterprise
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Enhances the ability of BPP to monitor
individual procurements and review
specific contract awards which fall
above prior review thresholds.
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Increases the efficiency of the
procurement process in terms of both
time and money and ensures that each
procurement action follows the
principles of accountability, fairness,
transparency, and equality.
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Applies workflow logic to standardize
the processes and tasks within BPP.
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4. goPRS Enterprise
• Automates task assignment
for all processes and track
progress.
• Integrates various useful
tools: commodity pricing
catalogue, vendor database,
MDAs database, and
projects database.
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5. goPRS Web
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Request collection software that allows
procuring entities to submit requests for
approval to the regulatory authority to
undertake a procurement action.
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Ensures that files submitted to the regulatory
authority for approval are complete and comply
with legal requirements.
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Standardization increases the efficiency of the
procurement process in both time and money
and ensures that each procurement complies
with the BPP Act 2007.
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6. goPRS Web - Performance
Monitoring & Evaluation Module
• Available for the Advisor of the
President.
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7. goPRS Intelligence
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There are various types of Offences in PP sphere:
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Collusion, unlawful influence, undue interest, favour, fraudulent agreement, bribery or corruption;
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Directly or indirectly or attempting to influence the procurement process to obtain an unfair advantage
in the award of a contract;
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Splitting of tenders to enable evasion of monetary thresholds set.
•Evidence-based tool (different from anecdotal-based) that collects and analyzes data to detect
suspicious actions and patterns that indicate possible corruption and to provide more solid and
actionable indicators of fraud and corruption method
•Gathers data and knowledge of corruption patterns and modalities in procurement by focusing on
understanding a procurement entity's actual experience of corruption and the areas it is vulnerable to
corruption.
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8. goPRS Learn
• Provides online education opportunities to procurement
officials and employees.
• Includes web-based training through virtual classrooms
with asynchronous feedback of participants.
• With this online learning environment, there is shift from
teacher-directed lessons to include discussions that
emphasize student participation on public procurement
processes
• The goPRS Learn platform will be used in BPP training
centers.
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9. goPRS eGP
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Electronic government procurement (eGP) refers to the conduct of procurement through ICT
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Provides comprehensive up-to-date data on expenditures and activities to be used as the basis
for informed business decisions.
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automatically ensures compliance with procedural and substantive standards and provides a
simultaneous ready-for-audit record of all purchasing.
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identifies deviations and patterns of activities that indicate risks of fraud and corruption and
decreases opportunities for collusion by reducing the number of human contacts.
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Provides the means for wide spread introduction of standard bidding documents including
standard forms of contracts to establish uniformity in the bidding process.
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An advertising space for government agencies for requests of proposals, invitations for bids and
requests for quotations.
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10. goPRS Main Features (1/3)
• Oversight:
– enhance the ability of BPP to oversee and monitor individual
procurements and to review specific contract awards which fall above
prior review thresholds (the issue of cumulative contracts needs to be
borne in mind i.e. where framework agreements are used)
– increase the efficiency of the procurement process in terms of both
time and money and to ensure that each procurement follows the PPA
2007 principles of accountability, fairness, transparency and equality
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11. goPRS Main Features (2/3)
• Management and Monitoring:
– organize data and information to provide MDAs with the information
needed to better manage the procurement process as a whole.
– By identifying inefficiencies, gaps and redundancies in procurement
procedures, efficiencies in both time and money can be achieved.
– Importantly, MDAs will be able to reference pricing data and access
information on the eligibility and qualifications of specific bidders.
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12. goPRS Main Features (3/3)
• Prevention and detection:
– gather data and knowledge of corruption patterns and modalities in
procurement by focusing on understanding the actual experience of
corruption, its forms and the areas of vulnerabilities.
– goPRS is an evidence-based tool that collects and analyzes data on
patterns of unexpected prices or other information to provide more
solid and actionable evidence of possible corruption and its nature.
– The goal of goPRS is not to simply score or rank, but rather to produce
information for analysis, management and decision-making to obtain
greater value for money and to deter fraud and corruption.
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13. Take Away 1:
Main Features of goPRS suite of
Software
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goPRS is a fully integrated software designed specifically to:
– Improve BPP’s internal review and monitoring of the procurement approval
process
– Reduce human interaction and personal contacts between procurement officials
(MDAs) and BPP staff
– Kick-off oversight on budget appropriations versus reported procurement actions
– Manage and publish procurement-related information (vendors database, prices
lists) to assist suppliers in preparing their best offers and governments in
assessing them to support the procurement process.
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14. Take away 2:
Potential Benefits of goPRS
• Transparency, participation and competition:
– publishing the rules of the system allow more relevant information to
be made available at reasonable cost than previously; it can give
better market access as the market is opened up to entrants that
might not otherwise participate
• Enhanced administrative efficiency (time and costs)
• Process efficiencies with the development of the workflow
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15. Take away 3:
Potential Benefits of goPRS
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Supporting integrity and preventing corruption:
– Reducing human interaction and the personal contacts between procurement
officials and BPP that can give rise to bribery opportunities
– A more strategic approach to procurement: using data gathered through goPRS
to allow performance to be guided by information and analyses (comparison of
budget appropriations and procurement actions, performance of MDAs and
procurement officials, etc.)
– Traceability – i.e. records of each procurement process – gives the ability to
monitor, evaluate and improve not only individual procurement procedures but
overall system performance and trends, and to detect and prevent corruption.
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