Following their great performance in 2024, Uganda’s Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Authority (PPDA), was proudly offered an OC4IDS badge as an Open contracting for Infrastructure Data Standards (OC4IDS) validated publisher by CoST -The Infrastructure Transparency Initiative this year. This achievement marked Uganda’s growing leadership in promoting openness, transparency, accountability, and data-driven decisions in the infrastructure sector.
By securing the digital badge of validation, PPDA joined a distinguished league of institutions worldwide that have not only embraced transparency but also taken bold, deliberate steps to align with international standards. This recognition is not merely a symbol, it is proof of the Authority’s tireless commitment to ensuring that infrastructure procurement project data is accessible, reliable, usable and of high quality.
The achievement was explained In 2024 where PPDA published 247 Infrastructure projects valued at 352,065,033,123 rising from 8 projects published in 2023 on GPP. However, 2025 is still a work in progress with only 4 infrastructure projects published, hence requires more effort.
As one of the first publishers to adopt and implement the Open Contracting for Infrastructure Data Standard (OC4IDS), PPDA set the pace for others to follow with a milestone of their dedicated team in strengthening governance and procurement systems -exemplary to their ACT (PPDA Act cap 2005).
This badge comes with greater responsibilities and challenges infrastructure data completeness on the Government Procurement Portal (GPP) with their selected core data points of OC4IDS. All infrastructure published project information should not only be compliant but also be truly usable across diverse indicators. The embedded tools play a central role in identifying gaps, ensuring that every missing data point that can legally and practically be disclosed in the public domain.
We recognize the broader significance of PPDA in raising Uganda’s profile internationally and hence call upon ensuring entities (PDE’s) proactively publish more infrastructure data for improved outcomes of transparency and Accountability. Together we can keep Uganda’s Bar higher in with integrity through openness and hence maintain our standards and badge.
Once again Congratulations to the entire PPDA team for your hard work in public procurement!. Stay on board with our programs and activities via our website, linked in, twitter x, newsletter and you-tube
