In this week’s newsreel, the EU finds that most contracts are still awarded based only on price, Jamaica is caught in a cycle of corruption and lack of governance, and Quebec focuses on smaller-scale corruption after the effects of the Charbonneau Commission in construction have been realized.

EU Still Awarding Most Contracts Based on Price Only

Jamaica in Cycle of Corruption and Lack of Governance

Audit Finds Lack of Oversight at Newfoundland University

Karnataka State Accused of Creating Fake Power Shortfall

Ontario Asked to Pay Municipalities’ Greenbelt Bills

Lucknow Reduces Annual Fees to Attract Bus Station Bids

Kansas Businessmen Charged in $1M Kickback Scheme

Vietnam $10M Medical Equipment Bid-Rigging Trial Begins

Quebec Lays Charges for Road and Culvert Work Bid-Rigging

Guam Considers Indefinite Delivery and Quantity Contracts

Canada Squashes RCMP SNC-Lavalin Lobbying Briefing

Malta Bidder Challenges $881M Incinerator Project

$865M Guyana Pump Station Contract Under Scrutiny

Bidder Challenges Guam Police Substation Procurement

Zimbabwe Launches Online Portal to Stop Corruption

India Realizes Electronic Tendering Success

New Zealand Municipality Rewrites Three-Year Old Policy

Reverse Auction Part of Morocco’s Procurement Reforms

Quebec Looks to Stem Smaller-Scale Fraud