GPA/W/340  
 
23 March 2017  
(17-1602) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Government Procurement  Original: English  
 
 QUESTIONNAIRE ON STA TISTICS BY UKRAINE  
COMMUNICATION FROM U KRAINE  
The following communication, dated 21 March 2017, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Ukraine.  
 
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In the course of the  last GPA Committee plenary meeting s, Ukraine has presented its initiative 
aimed at further developing the organisational instruments which, we believe, will enhance the 
main values and principles of the GPA: non -discrimination, transparency and competition.  
 
The goal of our initiative is t o make the statistical data a practical instrument for the businesses 
and other stakeholders of the GPA Parties to tender abroad by simplifying the access to public 
procurement information (tender notices) and therefore, to public procurement markets. Our 
proposal is based on a strong belief that there is room for making the GPA an even more 
progressive tool in international trade, especially in the context of its values by using electronic 
means for procurement.  
 
We want to implement this idea by creati ng a unified e -portal using the Open Contracting Data 
Standard ( http://standard.open -contracting.org ) which will allow to aggregate all information on 
public procurement within the GPA. The questions whic h are listed below will enable Ukraine to 
work out the algorithm including the technical one for the pilot project which might be launched to 
implement Ukraine's proposal with, we hope, active participation of the GPA Parties. Ukraine plans 
to present its proposal on the basis of the answers to the questionnaire at the Committee meeting 
in June this year.  
 
With regard to the above -mentioned  initiative , Ukraine kindly asks the GPA Parties  to provide 
answers to the following questions:  
 
1. Do you currently col lect structured, machine readable data on public procurement processes 
in your country?  
2. Do you currently share structured, machine readable data on public procurement processes 
in your country under an open licence allowing its sharing and reuse freely?  
3. What elements of the aforementioned Ukraine's initiative do you find the most interesting 
and appropriate for your public procurement system to implement ASAP?  
4. Was the proposal of the Ukrainian government, circulated to the Committee on 3 March  and 
presented  at the last plenary GPA Committee meeting (23 February 2017) clear? Is there a need 
to provide additional information, explanation or clarification on aspects and elements of Ukraine's 
initiative? If "Yes", please specify what kind of information.  
5. What are the top three  challenges faced by your government regarding collection and 
reporting of statistical data in relation to the GPA?  GPA/W/340  
 
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  6. Is Open Contracting Data Standard  (OCDS)  being used or is considered to be used in your 
country? If "No", please explain if t here are specific reasons why not us ing the OCDS? Are there 
any aspects of it that you would like additional support or advice on?  
7. If you are using an open, machine readable data standard for procurement, what have been 
the key benefits or impacts so far?  
8. Does your public procurement system include (provide) any analytical tools or other 
mechanism for monitoring and analy sing procurement information in a timely, data -driven 
manner?  
9. Was the usability of the proposed interactive GPA dashboard clear and unde rstandable?  
10. Do you find the advantage and possibility of using the statistical data of interactive reporting 
(ex. report of Ukraine) in business needs by potential suppliers in relation to the GPA?  
11. What should be the priority of the proposed pilot project  for the first  year?  
12. Would your country be ready to support a pilot project to collect, analyse, share and 
integrate GPA information as per Ukraine's proposal to the GPA on the 23rd February 2017?  
13. Do you have specific advice or suggestions on how best to p roceed with such a project? Is 
there a useful national contact that you would like us  to involve in any Working Group?  
We will appreciate to have your answers by 25th of April to enable us to summarize the information 
and get ready for presentation in June . 
 
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