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Enhancing Public Procurementthrough Collaboration inSlovenia The Way Forward OECD Public Governance Reviews Enhancing PublicProcurement throughCollaboration in Slovenia THE WAY FORWARD This work was approved and declassified by the Public Governance Committee on 19/09/2025. This document was produced with the financial assistance of the European Union. The views expressed herein can inno way be taken to reflect the official opinion of the European Union. This document, as well as any data and map included herein, are without prejudice to the status of or sovereignty overany territory, to the delimitation of international frontiers and boundaries and to the name of any territory, city or area. OECD (2025),Enhancing Public Procurement through Collaboration in Slovenia: The Way Forward, OECD Public GovernanceReviews, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/2eeb3463-en. ISBN 978-92-64-16335-5 (PDF)ISBN 978-92-64-79231-9 (HTML) OECD Public Governance ReviewsISSN 2219-0406 (print)ISSN 2219-0414 (online) Photo credits:Cover © Elena Ska/Shutterstock.com. Corrigenda to OECD publications may be found at: https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/support/corrigenda.html.© OECD 2025 Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) This work is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence. By using this work, you accept to be bound by the terms of this licence(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).Attribution– you must cite the work.Translations– you must cite the original work, identify changes to the original and add the following text:In the event of any discrepancy between the original work and thetranslation, only the text of the original work should be considered valid.Adaptations– you must cite the original work and add the following text:This is an adaptation of an original work by the OECD. The opinions expressed and arguments employed inthis adaptation should not be reported as representing the official views of the OECD or of its Member countries.Third-party material– the licence does not apply to third-party material in the work. If using such material, you are responsible for obtaining permission from the third party and forany claims of infringement.You must not use the OECD logo, visual identity or cover image without express permission or suggest the OECD endorses your use of the work.Any dispute arising under this licence shall be settled by arbitration in accordance with the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) Arbitration Rules 2012. The seat of arbitration shallbe Paris (France). The number of arbitrators shall be one. Foreword Public procurement in Slovenia represents a critical economic function accounting for 14.2% of GDP andnearly 28% of total government expenditure. Beyond its fiscal impact, public procurement is a key tool fordelivering value for money and advancing broader policy objectives, including sustainability, innovationand inclusive growth. Recognising the importance of a well-functioning procurement system, the Government of Slovenia hastaken steps to strengthen its strategic use of public procurement, particularly at the subnational level, wheremany contracting authorities face capacity constraints and fragmented procurement needs. The 2024 OECD reporton“Increasing Competition in Public Procurement in Slovenia”identified severalstructural and institutional challenges that limit supplier participation and competition in procurementprocedures,includinghigh proportion of single-bid tenders and the use of non-competitive procedures.One ofthe key recommendations was the need to promote more strategic,collaborativeprocurementpracticesto improve market access, reduce fragmentation, andstrengthen institutionalcapacity acrosscontracting authorities. These recommendations are fully aligned withthe 2015 OECD Recommendationon Public Procurement,which underthe principle of efficiency,recommends its Adherents to “[developand use tools to improve procurement procedures, reduce duplication and achieve greater value formoney, including centralised purchasing, framework agreements, […] joint procurements.” Collaborative public procurement approachessuch as centralpurchasingbodies, jointorco-ordinatedprocurementinitiatives, and communities of practice,can generate significant benefits. These includeeconomiesof scale,reducing administrative burden,and enhanced knowledge exchange amongprocurement professionals.Suchapproaches are particularly relevant for smaller contracting authoritiesthat may lack thecapacityor expertise to actindependently. This report provides an overview of the current landscape of collaborative public procurement in Slovenia.It examines different collaborative approaches, drawing on practices from other OECD countries, identifiesexisting gaps and opportunities, and offers actionable recommendations to foster co-operationamongpublic buyers. This report was developed under the project “Increasing competition in the Slovenian