The survey found that the information from the archives of contracting authorities and the information entered into the portal – supposedly identical - often does not match. The survey recommended that it should be compulsory for all contracting authorities to enter contracting information.

As part of an Integrity Pact, Transparencia Paraguay (TP) monitored an international public bidding opened by the Ministry of Public Health for the UNDP National Programme of Food Assistance. TP observed a lack of good will in some members of the Ministry’s evaluation team, noting their refusal to sign the “Ethical Commitment” and the fact that the ministry did not enable TP to monitor a number of tasks as agreed, such as information provided on conditions of the bidding process.

Poder Ciudadano, TI´s national chapter in Argentina, conducted a study exposing the vulnerabilities of the public contracting system in Argentina.