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Procurement Data Crash Course
Procurement Data Crash Course
  • About this course
    • Course introduction
  • Module 1: How the public procurement process works
    • 1.1 Understanding the public procurement process
      • ❓Why the public procurement process exists
      • ⚖️What rules govern the public procurement process?
      • ⚙️RFQ or RFP? An introduction to the different types of tender
      • 📋The key stages of the procurement process
        • 📑Stage 1: Planning
        • 🚴‍♂️Stage 2: Initiation
        • ✔️Stage 3: Selection & award
        • 🤝Stage 4: Contract
        • 🏗️Stage 5: Implementation
      • 🛡️Why monitoring the procurement process is important
      • Test yourself: Understanding the public procurement process
    • 1.2 What does procurement data look like?
      • 💰Budgets & IRPs
      • 📃RFPs & RFQs
      • 🏆Awards
      • 📖Annual Reports
      • 🏛️The Auditor General's report
    • 1.3 Where is public procurement data published?
      • 🔍Where to find procurement data
      • 📚Maintaining your own library of procurement data
    • 1.4 Procurement oversight and monitoring for NPOs and media
      • ✋Procurement oversight guide for CSOs
      • 📺Procurement oversight guide for media
  • Module 2: Working with procurement data
    • 2.1 Whey we need machine readable data
      • Important data formats: CSVs, Excel and Google Sheets
    • 2.2 Turning websites and PDFs into machine readable data
      • Scraping data with Tabula
      • Simple web scraping with Google Sheets
      • Web scraping by inspecting network traffic
  • Useful resources and libraries
    • 3.1 Procurement data online resources
      • Importance reference resources
      • Online data repositories
  • Course testing & feedback
    • 🎓Extended course exam
    • 📝Surveys & feedback
    • ⏱️Quick course exam
  • MODULE4: Explore the OCPO procurement dashboard
    • 4.1 A walk through the OCPO COVID-19 reporting dashboard
      • Summary and Supplier page of the dashboard
      • Find supplier information from external sources
      • Navigating COVID19 Item Spend Page
      • Navigating the Transactions List Page
    • 4.2 Keep the Receipts Tool
      • Background and Introduction
      • Download data from Keep the Receipts
    • 4.3 Using KeeptheReceipts and Google Sheet for Procurement Data Analysis
      • Infrastructure Order Analysis
      • Mask Price Analysis
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Course introduction

Next1.1 Understanding the public procurement process

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Welcome to An introduction to procurement literacy. This course is designed for any one who wants to learn more about the process of public procurement in South Africa.

It is meant to be particularly useful for civil servants, civil society organisations, journalists and active citizens who want to understand the steps that the purchase of goods and services by government and state owned entities (SOEs) must go through to be lawful.

In particular, the course should help you to understand how to use the data generated by the procurement process to provide oversight and accountability monitoring, by applying analytical techniques to tender and award data. As such, it is best read alongside our other courses in data literacy and the data storytelling pipeline.

Module 1: How the public procurement process works
Module 2: Working with procurement data
Useful resources and libraries