Examples of Public Procurement Indicators

Validated frameworks and methodologies for analyzing procurement performance

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This page provides an overview of key public procurement indicator types, their data sources, validation status, required data elements, and relevance for country-level policy. Each indicator category addresses a distinct dimension of procurement system performance.

Indicators Type Source(s) Are Validated? Which Data Needed Why Are These Indicators Interesting to Countries?
Corruption, Fraud, Collusion
  1. WB GRAS
  2. OpenTender
  3. ProAct
  1. Some yes, a lot of indicators are proposed as possible but not checked
  2. Integrity indicators are validated
  3. Integrity indicators are validated
  1. Procurement (full), company register, PEP/asset declarations, data on company ownership, performance data
  2. Full procurement data, company data (e.g., company registration, ownership, financials, etc)
  3. Bidders country, tender final price, buyer id/name, delivery date
 Cost of corruption – governments want to spend less. Example in WB study on Bangladesh, reforms to procurement may reduce costs. Example.
Sustainability
  1. OCDS data SPP guide
  2. UN GM criteria
  3. OECD report (chapter 3): SDG 12.7 target and indicators
  4. WB study and study on Belgian public procurement
  1. No (e.g., list of key words for criteria as well as comparison measures from year to year) + closer to qualitative assessment
  2. No
  3. Yes
  4. Unclear
  1. Procurement data with full award criteria, technical specifications and evaluation reports. This is only possible if a country has OCDS format and has full contracting cycle public. If data is limited to tender announcement and award, it is likely not possible
  2. Tender requirements and/or evaluation reports
  3. Procurement data with full contracting cycle (award criteria + technical specifications + info on contract implementation and requirements)
  4. Technical specifications, award criteria
 Sustainable procurement boosts firms productivity. Example 1, Example 2
Market Efficiency
  1. OCDS market performance indicators
  2. European Commission's report
  3. GPPOI (GTI)
  4. Single Market Scoreboard
  5. GPPD pricing efficiency
  1. No
  2. Yes
  3. No
  4. No
  5. Yes
  1. Bidders, number of bids, CPV codes + prices, buyers, losing bids. Need full bidding information. Some countries don't provide it
  2. Winners and buyers, plus procurement procedure type, length of procedure, number of bidders. Availability depends on the available info in the data
  3. Procurement (full), company register, PEP/asset declarations, data on company ownership, performance data
  4. EU specific info is needed (contract value, contract duration, contract modifications, implementation date, procedure type, number of bids/bidders)
 Market efficiency is positively correlated with quality of governance and economic growth. Example studies 1, 2.
Transparency
  1. European Commission's study
  2. Single Market Scoreboard
  3. OpenTender
  4. WB GPPD
  1. Yes
  2. No
  3. No
  4. No
 Calculated either as share of missing info per variables / buyer or as binary (present/absent info) Publicity decreases costs of procurement. Example study 1, study 2, study 3, study 4