Red Flags in Public Procurement. A guide to using data to detect and mitigate risks

Our red flags guide provides a methodology to calculate a list of risk indicators that identify corruption risks throughout the procurement process from planning to implementation, mapped to the Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS). 

Our new guide includes:

• Our definition of red flags and OCP’s approach to supporting partners to calculate procurement risks.
• What data is most useful to calculate red flags.
• A step-by-step guide on how to implement red flags in practice.
• A revisited list of 73 red flags indicators in public procurement, drawn from academic literature, international best practice and existing red flags implementations. The list includes definitions, detailed formulas to calculate red flags using standardized data and examples.

This guide builds on our previous work to help our global partners publish and use open contracting data to achieve greater public integrity.