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Region profile: Insurance in Europe

In this article, we explore public sector insurance tenders in Europe. First, we look at how many tenders are being issued year by year by public sector bodies in Europe and their value. We then deep dive into some of the largest countries and show what the range of values and tender quantities these markets have. We ...

Country Profile: South Africa

South Africa is seeing an increased interest in public procurement owing to corruption and the role it plays in economic development. The question is: where can the most impact be made? As we can see from this graph, over the last three years, contracting has been increasing steadily with a dip in 2019. Buying tends to increase ...

How closed is Malaysia? Country Profile: Malaysia

In the wake of the 1MBD scandal and the arrival of a new government, has any meaningful change occurred in Malaysia procurement?  The answer is complicated. Tenders have opened up in Malaysia to an extent, especially in there period FY18/19 when Spend Network found 654 tenders compared to almost nothing before. But this 654 tenders compares to ...

The French Connection: public sector demand in France

In this article we’ll be looking at France’s public sector demand over the past 5 years to see what the largest categories are. From our data, the top 21 types of tenders coming from France over the past 5 years were as follows: Construction work, as with many other European countries, features prominently. Other recurring tender types ...

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