Digital Procurement Platforms and Open Data: International Lessons

Digital procurement platforms can lower transaction costs and make public purchasing easier to observe, but their contribution depends on how well they connect institutions, suppliers and data users. An online tender portal that merely replaces paper notices may leave planning, contract changes and delivery outside the digital record. International practice points toward a broader model: integrate routine transactions, publish reusable data and use the information to improve market access and oversight. This thesis compares selected features of South Korea's KONEPS, ChileCompra and the European Union's data infrastructure to identify lessons for evaluating digital procurement performance.