Along with the research work and the monitoring platform, Gherbal organized a series of workshops all over Lebanon to expand the knowledge of participants (25-35 in each workshop) on the new Public Procurement Law and answer their questions. The targeted audience of these workshops is divided between citizens (including CSOs and SMEs) and administrators.

To further solidify these efforts, Gherbal Initiative is launching this report to celebrate the one year anniversary of the Public Procurement Law publication. The report aims to evaluate the implementation of the law’s provisions, as well as the quantitative figures of announced bids, the number of administrations that engaged in bids’ operations, the sectors and services under which these bids were conducted, the location of these bids (districts), and much more relevant information.

This report is sought to assess the extent to which the Public Procurement Law has influenced procurement processes, fostered transparency, and contributed to the overall improvement of the procurement landscape in Lebanon. This report monitors all the tenders that were collected by Gherbal from Public Procurement Authority website, National Gazette, public administrations’ websites and other sources which were posted to https://monaqasa.org/en portal and then followed up by calls and visits to gather information on the bids’ winners and the values of signed contracts.

This report is intended to be a valuable tool for policy-makers, stakeholders, journalists and researchers seeking to understand the progress made and the challenges hindering the effective implementation of the law. In fact, through this report, Gherbal aims to shed light on the administrations that abided by the law and those who did not. Using the collected data, a comprehensive analysis was performed.