This report was prepared by the OECD Public Governance Directorate (GOV) under the leadership of Elsa Pilichowski, OECD Director for Public Governance; János Bertók, OECD Deputy Director for Public Governance; and Paulo Magina, acting Head of the Infrastructure and Public Procurement Division in GOV. It was drafted by Erika Bozzay, acting Deputy Head of the Infrastructure and Public Procurement Division and Simon Cox, Policy Analyst at the same division. Inputs were provided by Felipe González-Zapata, Digital Government Policy Analyst at the Innovative, Digital and Open Government Division. Numerous OECD colleagues, notably Tenzin Dekyi, András Hlács, Sára Kende and Hanna Lein-Mathisen contributed to the development of the report. Isabel da Rosa provided valuable insights and suggestions. The report was prepared for publication by Dovile Bogusyte.
The OECD expresses its gratitude to the Office of Government Procurement, and particularly to Paul Quinn and Anne Stewart, for its leadership and commitment throughout this project. The OECD would especially like to thank Mags O’Callaghan and Niamh Heaney, who served as the main co-ordinators of this phase of the project. The OECD would also like to thank the following entities for their active participation and contributions to the report: An Post, the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, the Department of Defence, the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform, the Department of Transport, the Education Procurement Service, ESB Networks, Gas Networks Ireland, the Health Service Executive, the Local Government Management Agency, the Local Government Operational Procurement Centre, the Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim Education and Training Board, Trinity College, the University of Galway, Bid Services, Chambers Ireland, the Construction Industry Federation, IBEC, the Irish Small and Medium Enterprises Association, Keystone Procurement, the Small Firms Association, and Transparency International Ireland.
This project was funded by the European Union via the Technical Support Instrument and co-implemented by the OECD in cooperation with the Reform and Investment Task Force (SG REFORM) of the European Commission. The OECD expresses its gratitude to the European Commission for their support to this project, particularly Mr. Kjartan Bjornsson and Mr. Daniele Dotto, Deputy Directors of SG REFORM and Heads of Unit, Governance and Public Administration, and Mr. Angelos Binis, Ms. Alessandra Budello, and Ms. Aleksandra Marchewka, co-ordinators of the project for SG REFORM.
The OECD would like to thank Roel Arys and Sigrid Strypsteen of Belgium’s Federal Public Service Policy and Support and Birgit Enger Nordstrand of Norway’s Agency for Public and Financial Management for their valuable insights.