Under the direction and oversight of Marcos Bonturi, OECD Director for Public Governance, and János Bertók, Head of the Public Sector Integrity Division, this review was co-ordinated by Matthieu Cahen, Senior Policy Analyst, with the support of Paulo Magina, Head of the OECD Public Procurement Unit. The authors of the report were Rosana Aragon-Plaza, Kjersti Berg, Andy Cochrane, Kenza Khachani, Gavin Ugale and Jacobo Garcia Villareal.
Valuable comments and suggestions were received from Ian Forde, Antonio Capobianco and Matt Tavantzis. Editorial assistance was provided by Thibaut Gigou, Meral Gedik, Fiona Hinchcliffe and Juan Pablo Bolaños. Pauline Alexandrov, Alpha Zambou, Edwina Collins and Nadjad Bacar provided administrative assistance.
The OECD expresses its gratitude to IMSS leadership for its fruitful co-operation and leadership. In particular, the OECD would like to thank Tuffic Miguel Ortega, IMSS General Director and the following individuals who held the identified positions at the time of this review: Mikel Arriola Peñalosa, IMSS General Director; Ricardo Cavazos, Director for Institutional Outreach and Delegations Evaluation; and Patricio Caso, Director for Administration. Héctor Francisco Fernández Carpio, Regulatory Coordinator, served as the point of contact for OECD and led the collection of information and data for the review. The co-operation of their teams and all IMSS units were critical for the successful completion of this review.
Ambassador Mónica Aspe and Maya Alejandra Camacho Dávalos, of the Permanent Delegation of Mexico to the OECD, were instrumental in supporting the OECD in this project.
This review is part of a series of peer reviews on public procurement in OECD, G20 and non-member economies. It benefited from input from senior public procurement officials who participated in the OECD Meeting of the Working Party of Leading Practitioners on Public Procurement held in Paris on 16-18 October 2017, chaired by Dag Stromsnes, Chief Procurement Officer, Agency for Public Management and e-Government (Difi) in Norway. Special thanks go to the lead reviewers: Bruno Carrière, General Director, UniHa and Francisco Valero Bonilla, Coordinator, Instituto Nacional de Gestion Sanitaria.
The OECD Mexico Centre, under the leadership of Roberto Martinez, and its publications staff, notably Alejandro Camacho, co-ordinated the editorial process for the Spanish publication.
The review was approved by the OECD Working Party of the Leading Practitioners on Public Procurement (LPP) on 27 November 2017 and declassified by the Public Governance Committee on 15 December 2017.