Public procurement should be all about people. It’s a means to an end, not an end in itself.

Public contracts matter.

One in every three dollars spent by government is on a contract with a company. Public contracting is the world’s largest marketplace, covering $13 trillion of spending every year.

Given its scope and scale, procurement has a vast, untapped potential to address many of the most significant challenges facing our world. Yet, too many governments don’t seem to know what they are buying and selling, for how much, when and with whom they are dealing. And it’s government’s number one corruption risk.

Open contracting can change all this. We can transform how business is done by engaging stakeholders across government, business and civil society to collaborate on reforms, engage users, respond to feedback and to create open data & tools to drive systematic change.

A modern economy needs public procurement as a smart, user-friendly, digital public service. We bring governments, businesses, and citizens together to build one.

Open contracting is about publishing and using open, accessible and timely information on public contracting to engage citizens and businesses to fix problems and deliver results.

Our services

Publishing data

Implement the Open Contracting Data Standard and analyze and use open contracting data.

Evidence

Open contracting works. Review the evidence and case studies on the impact.

Lift

Learn more about our Lift impact accelerator.

Advocacy support

Explore our advocacy toolkit including strategies, ready-to-use templates, and more.

Open contracting impact stories and case studies

It takes hard work, political will, technical skills, and sustained engagement to transform public procurement. Explore stories by open contracting champions worldwide that show how open contracting is having an impact on communities and the planet.

How we bring assistance together for partners to achieve change on the ground

We help our partners identify and collaborate with stakeholders to articulate their goals and develop implementation plans – from strengthening democratic institutions to expanding economic inclusion or strengthening sustainability and climate resilience.

Get started implementing open contracting

Browse our practical tools, resources and guidance on implementing open contracting to get better reforms that stick. Learn how you can make your data user-friendly with tools such as the Open Contracting Data Standard.