Good Practices for Procuring Computers and Laptops in Latin America
Fostering Neutrality and Market Engagement
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This report takes stock of current ICT procurement practices in Chile, Colombia, and Mexico, focusing on vendor neutrality and market engagement in the purchase of personal computers and laptops. It also provides recommendations for improving access, competition, and market knowledge for procurement agencies in Latin America, based on OECD good practices and relevant principles, such as the 2015 OECD Recommendation on Public Procurement.
Also available in: Spanish
Executive summary
In OECD countries, public procurement has become a tool for delivering quality public services. The volume of resources spent in public procurement leads to risks related to inefficiencies, for example, stemming from insufficient competition, but also to opportunities to pursue complementary policy objectives such as facilitating the digital transformation of the public sector. Despite the evident synergies between public procurement and digital government policies, Latin American countries are not alone in facing the challenge of developing procurement policies for information and communication technology (ICT).
Also available in: Spanish
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