Minister of State O’Donovan welcomes Office of Government Procurement Report
From Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform
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From Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform
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Minister of State with special responsibility for Public Procurement, Patrick O’Donovan TD today (19 September 2017) launched the Office of Government Procurement’s (OGP) Public Service Spend and Tendering Analysis for 2015 report.
This is the OGP’s third annual report that analyses expenditure and tendering activity on goods, services and minor works across public service bodies (PSBs) in Ireland.
This report analyses just over €4.5 billion – or three-quarters – of the estimated annual public procurement addressable spend under the remit of the OGP and its sector partners for 2015.
The report continues the work of the OGP in increasing openness and transparency on public expenditure. The analysis is encouraging, indicating that 94% of the state’s expenditure is with firms within the state.
Minister of State O’Donovan said:
“Public procurement represents a major opportunity for SMEs. As in 2013 and 2014, the majority of spend analysed is with SMEs. The report shows that in the majority of our spend categories, the typical contract value of tender notices is less than or equal to €100k. This report will help businesses in understanding where the opportunities are.”
To view the report, please click here.
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The OGP Business Intelligence team has now gathered considerable data from large public sector bodies. This Public Service Spend and Tendering Analysis for 2015 is the OGP’s third annual report that analyses expenditure and tendering activity on goods and services across Public Service Bodies (PSBs) in Ireland.
One of the OGP’s strategic objectives is to improve the transparency of spend across public service bodies to support more effective sourcing strategies, procurement execution and value for money.
The spend analysis in this report is based on expenditure data that has been gathered from 86 PSBs and excludes expenditure that is not addressable by public procurement such as third party grants or payments made by one public service body to another.
The procurement addressable spend, excluding major capital projects, under the remit of the OGP and its sourcing partners in the Health, Education, Local Government and Defence sectors is estimated at €6 billion annually. Three quarters of this estimated procurement addressable spend is analysed in this report.
The analysis of tendering activity is based on data from eTenders, the government’s national web-based electronic tendering platform administered by OGP, excluding semi-state organisations as these bodies are not under the procurement remit of the OGP and its sourcing partners.
Key findings of the Public Service Spend and Tendering Analysis 2015 Report: