Procurement Data Crash Course

Importance reference resources

Although procurement data lives around us, sometimes it can be challenging to find. Here is a library of links to valuable resources for anyone interested in further understanding of the procurement process.

Documents supporting the procurement process

Samples of procurement documents

Procurement plan template (national or provincial)

  • See appendix 1 of the IBP manual

  • internationalbudget.org

Procurement plan template (municipal)

  • See appendix 2 of the IBP manual

Invitation to bid (national or provincial)

  • See appendix 3 of the IBP manual

Invitation to bid (municipal)

  • See appendix 4 of the IBP manual

Pricing schedule

  • See appendix 7 of the IBP manual

Useful external links about procurement data

Monitoring Public Procurement in South Africa: A Reference Guide for Civil Society Organisations

  • A more detailed resource on how any part of this procurement process works

  • internationalbudget.org

Methodology for Working with Procurement Data

The Open Contracting Data Standard

  • A global, non-proprietary data standard structured to reflect the complete contracting cycle.

  • open-contracting.org

Good practice standards

  • Good practice standards agreed between Open Contracting Partnership and the Infrastructure Transparency Initiative (CoST)

  • standard.open-contracting.org

The Transparency International Procurement Dashboard

  • Please note that this resource is still under development

  • http://159.89.81.161/

Guide to conducting social audits

  • This guide is published and maintained by The International Budget Partnership

  • internationalbudget.org

Database of Restricted Suppliers

  • This database is published and maintained by National Treasury

  • treasury.gov.za

Database of defaulting suppliers and breaches of ethical conduct

  • This database is published and maintained by the Construction Industry Development Board

  • cidb.org.za

CoST approach to monitoring of the procurement process for infrastructure

  • This information is published and maintained by The Infrastructure Transparency Initiative

  • www.infrastructuretransparency.org

Mythbusting Confidentiality in Public Contracting

  • This information is published and maintained by The Infrastructure Transparency Initiative

  • mythbusting.open-contracting.org

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