E‑Procurement Review of the Judicial Council of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires

Annex A. Action plan for the implementation of the recommendations

1. This section provides a route map or action plan to facilitate the implementation of the recommendations discussed in the previous chapters. It includes a description of the recommendation, the timeframe for implementation (i.e. short-, medium-, or long-term), the responsible unit, and those that can support the implementation process. In total, only two recommendations are set to be implemented in the long-term (beyond three years), 11 in the medium-term (between one and three years), and seven in the short-term (within one year). The action plan was discussed and agreed with the main CM stakeholders.

Table A A.1. Action plan for the implementation of the recommendations

ID	Area	Category	Recommendation	Timing	Responsible Unit	With the support of:	Chapter
1	Digital transformation	Strategy	The CM should develop a digital transformation strategy with a clear vision, aligned with its mission, including the public procurement function	Short	CM Plenary	SAGyP	2
2		Strategy / Institutionalisation	Institutionalise the digital transformation strategy and action plan through resolutions, leadership and continuous co-ordination between the different areas	Medium	CM Plenary	SAGyP	2
3		Strategy	Further explore the potential of emerging technologies to expand and strengthen the digital transformation of public procurement, e.g. by establishing partnerships with expert institutions and piloting as appropriate	Medium	DGIT	DGCC	2
4		Institutionalisation	The CM could create a working group or an inter-secretariat committee as a formal co-ordination mechanism to ensure coherence of digital transformation efforts across the Council	Short	CM Plenary	SAGyP, DGIT, DGCGyAI, General Directorate for Open Data and Secretariat for Innovation	3
5		Stakeholder Engagement	Establish mechanisms to engage a broad set of stakeholders (e.g. business associations and civil society organisations) in the continuous improvement of JUC	Short	SAGyP		3
6	Systems development and integration	JUC functionalities	Gradually extend the transactional functionalities of JUC to the pre- and post-tendering stages to make it a comprehensive end-to-end solution	Medium	DGIT	DGCC	4
7		Systems integration	Complete the process of integrating JUC with the SISTAE and Pilagá systems, as well as with other CM management systems	Medium	DGIT	DGCC	4
8		Systems integration	Complete the integration of RIUPP with JUC, which would eliminate the risk of data inconsistencies between the different systems	Short	DGIT	DGCC, GCABA	4
9	Information and transparency	JUC functionalities	Install the functionality, available in BAC, to query the entire database of public procurement processes according to a variety of criteria	Short	DGIT	DGCC, GCABA	5
10		Transparency	Move towards the adoption of open data standards, such as OCDS, in JUC	Medium	DGIT	DGCC, General Directorate for Open Data, GCABA	5
11		Transparency	Make access to procurement information in JUC more user-friendly by facilitating access to key information elements and displaying them in easy-to-read graphical formats for a non-expert audience (e.g. dashboards)	Short	DGIT	DGCC	5
12		Access	Make access to calls for tenders free and as open as possible via JUC, e.g. by eliminating the cost to access calls for tenders.	Long	SAGyP		3
13		Stakeholder Engagement / Transparency	Actively engage civil society in strengthening transparency and data availability, and business chambers and organisations in giving visibility to information on business opportunities among their members	Short	SAGyP	General Directorate for Open Data	5
14	Professionalisation	Procurement workforce	Develop a competency matrix for the procurement workforce that defines the required digital competences and serves as the basis for a gap analysis	Medium	SAGyP	Human Resources Unit	3
15		Procurement workforce	Design a training plan to develop the digital competences that need to be reinforced for the procurement workforce	Medium	SAGyP	Human Resources Unit	3
16		Procurement workforce	Develop a certification framework for the procurement workforce based on good practices such as ProcurCompEU and ChileCompra	Long	SAGyP	Human Resources Unit	3
17		Procurement workforce	Develop an incentive system for the e-procurement workforce to make positions attractive and retain talent	Medium	SAGyP	Human Resources Unit	3
18	Data management	Risk Management	Develop a public procurement risk management strategy, including risks directly related to the functioning of JUC	Medium	SAGyP	DGCGyAI	5
19		Strategic objectives	Leverage JUC to manage the implementation of the sustainability principle	Medium	SAGyP	DGIT	4
20		Evaluation	Develop an evaluation framework adapted to the JUC's operations. This could start by piloting a reduced set of key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure some of the most important contributions of JUC to compliance, efficiency, and the achievement of strategic objectives	Medium	SAGyP	DGCGyAI	5

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