Implementation of this policy may be led by a whole city administration, or by individual departments. Open contracting enables transformative, major reforms that can start small and scale up over time. It requires collaboration with internal and external stakeholders. There is no one city that has perfectly implemented this policy, and cultures of digitalization and data use are still developing. Recognizing this, open contracting will require agile experimentation, building proofs-of-concept, policies and processes; focusing on themes, problem areas, issues or use cases; and then scaling up.
This open contracting model policy aims to provide cities with the ideas, methodologies and tools needed to explore and embed open contracting in public procurement. Building on best practice from around the world, this model policy could be implemented as a policy in its entirety, used by a city to shape a full and comprehensive approach to public procurement, or as a resource to phase in open contracting over time. Some aspects of this model policy may also align with local, regional or national legislation.
This model policy should be considered in conjunction with the G20 Global Smart Cities Alliance Open Data Model Policy.