L'impact de l'Open Data sur les marchés publics

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Voir : Duguay, Raphael and Rauter, Thomas and Samuels, Delphine, The Impact of Open Data on Public Procurement (November 22, 2019). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3483868 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3483868

"Comparing government contracts above EU publication thresholds with contracts that are not, we find that increasing the public accessibility of procurement data raises the likelihood of competitive bidding processes, increases the number of bids per contract, and facilitates market entry by new vendors. Following the open data initiative, procurement prices decrease and EU government agencies are more likely to award contracts to the lowest bidder.
However, the increased competition comes at a cost ─ firms execute government contracts with more delays and ex-post price renegotiations. These effects are stronger for new vendors, complex procurement projects, and contracts awarded solely based on price. Overall, our results suggest that open procurement data facilitates competition and lowers ex-ante procurement prices but does not necessarily increase allocative efficiency in government contracting."

A vrai dire je ne suis pas surpris : cela semble est en partie du d'après les auteurs à la tendance à privilégier les procédures "sans risques" du type appels d'offres aux procédures plus difficiles à mener du type procédures négociées.