This report was prepared by the OECD Public Governance Directorate (GOV) under the leadership of Elsa Pilichowski, OECD Director for Public Governance; János Bertók, OECD Deputy Director for Public Governance; and Paulo Magina, acting Head of the Infrastructure and Public Procurement Division in GOV. It was drafted by Erika Bozzay, acting Deputy Head of the Infrastructure and Public Procurement Division and Simon Cox, Policy Analyst at the same division. Inputs were provided by Felipe González-Zapata, Digital Government Policy Analyst at the Innovative, Digital and Open Government Division. Numerous OECD colleagues, notably Tenzin Dekyi, Aimi Devos, and Miriam Odden (at the time of writing on secondment at the OECD from the Norwegian Agency for Public and Financial Management), contributed to the development of the report. Isabel da Rosa and Gonçalo Negrão Serra provided valuable insights and suggestions.
The OECD expresses its gratitude to the Office of Government Procurement, and particularly to Paul Quinn and Anne Stewart, for its leadership and commitment throughout this project. The OECD would especially like to thank Susan Fox, Niamh Heaney, Mark Kinsella, Declan McCormack, and Mags O’Callaghan, who served as the main co-ordinators of the project. The Interim Procurement Reform Board and the Procurement Executive provided valuable comments and feedback on the report. The OECD would also like to thank the following entities for their active participation and contributions to the report: An Post, the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communication, the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform, the Department of Transport, Dublin Airport Authority, the Education Procurement Service, the Health Service Executive, the Local Government Management Agency, the Local Government Operational Procurement Centre, the Office of the Revenue Commissioners, the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer, the Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim Education and Training Board, Trinity College, University College Dublin, the University of Galway, Chambers Ireland, Dublin Chamber, Ibec, Bid Services, James Boylan Safety, Kedington, Keystone Procurement, Pagero, Safetch, Softcat, Trimfold, and Transparency International Ireland.
This project was funded by the European Union via the Technical Support Instrument and implemented by the OECD in cooperation with the Directorate-General for Structural Reform Support (DG Reform) of the European Commission. The OECD expresses its gratitude to the European Commission for their support to this project, particularly Mr. Kjartan Bjornsson and Mr. Daniele Dotto, Deputy Directors of DG Reform and Heads of Unit, Governance and Public Administration, and Mr. Angelos Binis, Ms. Alessandra Budello, and Ms. Aleksandra Marchewka, co-ordinators of the project for DG REFORM. DG GROW provided valuable insights and information on digital public procurement in the European context.
The OECD would like to thank Petteri Pohto of Hansel Oy for his valuable insights and Meral Gedik for her support preparing the report for publication.