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Dos and don’ts

Table 5: Dos and don’ts-Use emergency or accelerated procedure (Digital Buying Guide)
Table 5: Dos and don’ts-Use emergency or accelerated procedure (Digital Buying Guide)

Do Don’t

use emergency buying to deliver do not use emergency buying
products or services faster in a genuine procedures after an emergency situation has
emergency stabilized or recovered

use more transparent methods wherever
possible

keep a record of the reasons why
emergency or accelerated buying was used

Table 6: Dos and don’ts-Ensure value for money (Digital Buying Guide)
Case study – How COVID-19 has accelerated procurement reform in Ecuador

Do Don’t
National Public Procurement Service, Ecuador
carry out aggregated or joint do not use over-prescriptive or tailored
procurements to increase value for money and requirements that can only be met by one
Figure 12: Ecuador has used open data and social media to combat a wave of corruption in public
limit price gouging by suppliers
buying during the pandemic (Digital Buying Guide)
supplier
use fast-track competitive procedures
whenever possible

check international standards for
emergency goods, track supply chains and to
ensure digital procurement is accessibility to
users and staff.
Table 7: Dos and don’ts-Monitoring and evaluation (Digital Buying Guide)

Do Don’t
publish open data about emergency do not wait until after a crisis has
buying, including information on pricing, stabilized to monitor and evaluate emergency
suppliers and procedures used buying

Summary

focus on delivered outcomes rather
than procedures in audits and evaluations
• The pandemic has created conditions in which corruption can flourish.
provide ways for whistle-blowers to

• Rooting out corruption depends on access to open data and an engaged public.
report problems anonymously
• Social media is a powerful tool in exposing wrongdoing and in promoting trust.

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