This report was prepared by the OECD Public Governance Directorate (GOV), under the direction and oversight of Elsa Pilichowski, Director; János Bertók, Deputy Director; and Paulo Magina, Acting Head of GOV’s Infrastructure and Public Procurement Division (IPP). It was co-ordinated by Erika Bozzay, Acting Deputy Head of IPP. The authors of this report are Costanza Caputi, Sára Kende and Masayuki Omote, policy analysts at IPP. András Hlács, policy analyst at IPP has provided valuable feedback. Dovilė Bogušytė provided editorial assistance.
Consultation with key policymakers for the public procurement system in the surveyed countries was critical for the successful completion of this review. The report integrates data and evidence collected through the Survey on good practices of certification framework for public procurement conducted in 2025. The data collection phase took place from February to May 2025. The questionnaire received responses from 15 countries: Austria (Federal Austrian Procurement Agency, BBG), Chile (ChileCompra), France (Direction des Achats de l’État (DAE)), Hungary (Public Procurement Regulation Department, National Development Centre), Israel (Government Procurement Administration, Ministry of Finance), Lithuania (Ministry of Economy and Innovation, Public Procurement Office), Norway (The Norwegian Agency for Public and Financial Management (DFØ)), Slovak Republic (Office for Public Procurement), United Kingdom (Government Commercial Function (GCF), Cabinet Office), Brazil (Ministry of Management and Innovation in Public Services), Croatia (Directorate for Public Procurement Policy (DPPP), Ministry of Economy (MINGO)), Peru (Specialised Organisation for Public Procurement Efficiency (OECE)), Romania (National Agency for Public Procurement), Albania (Public Procurement Agency), Serbia (Public Procurement Office). The OECD is grateful to these organisations for their input. The data collection was co-ordinated by Masayuki Omote.
The authors are also thankful to colleagues within the OECD’s GOV Directorate for their feedback and comments, including Daniel Gerson, Senior Policy Analyst at the Public Management and Budgeting Division (PMB), Aleksandra Melesko, Senior Policy Advisor at the SIGMA Programme, Alberto Morales, Policy Analyst at the Regulatory Policy Division (REG), as well as Golani Lalit and Mike Cressey, Policy Analysts at the Anti-Corruption and Integrity in Government Division (ACIG).
This report is published as part of the project “Promoting the uptake of strategic public procurement in Estonia through professionalising the public procurement workforce”, which was funded by the European Union through the Technical Support Instrument and implemented by the OECD in co-operation with the European Commission's Directorate General for Structural Reform (DG Reform). The OECD expresses its gratitude to the European Commission for its support of this project, in particular to Judit Rózsa, Director of DG Reform, Kjartan Björnsson, Head of Unit, Governance and Public Administration, and Aleksandra Marchewka Dias Chiapetta, Policy Officer at DG Reform. This report would not have been possible without the support of the Ministry of Finance of Estonia. The OECD is grateful to Estella Põllu, Maarika Tork, Tarmo Porgand, Karin Sehver, and Karoli Niilus from the Ministry of Finance.