Compendium of Country Examples and Lessons Learned from ...

1 = areas where substantive work is needed for the system to meet the standard;0 = indicates a failure to meet the proposed standard.Narrative report should provide additional information on changes underway.In case of substantive or material gaps, evaluators have to use their professional judgment.In some of the sub-indicators, internal hierarchies have been formulated to focus on keyprinciples of good procurement.Aggregation of scoresAll baseline indicators have sub-indicators, which are individually scored, at the subindicatorlevel.The assessor may want to aggregate the scores at the indicator level or pillar level to obtain acompact profile of strengths and weaknesses of the system.The need and method of aggregation is a decision left open to the user. For the mostcomprehensive understanding of the system‟s strengths and weaknesses, the sub-indicatorview is the most informative.Benchmarking, compliance and performance sheetAnnex 1 to the Methodology contains a Benchmarking Compliance and Performance Sheetwhere the assessor can summarise the scores of each of the baseline indicators and enter theresults of the performance assessment.A column is provided to include a brief description of the situation that justifies the score orwhere to explain the result of each compliance indicator.Assessors may also include recommended actions and assign priorities.The new marking sheet provides a broad overview of the system, the key weaknesses andstrengths and the priorities for action.Scoring can be depicted graphically by way of Excel spreadsheets.The following (generic) figures can easily be generated from the aforementioned Excel sheet. Theyenable the viewer to quickly see the strengths and weaknesses of the national procurement system.Figure 2 presents the public procurement system at a glance. It compares the maximum availablescores to those assessed for a country. Figure 3 exhibits the twelve indicators of the Methodology,detailing the assessment results at the indicator level.COMPENDIUM OF COUNTRY EXAMPLES AND LESSONS LEARNED […] - OECD 2008 25