e-Procurement

At the WTC meeting yesterday, there was a great presentation on e-Procurement by NIC. How invitation of tenders AND submission of Bids can be done online was presented to all. And it is not a hypothetical model: it is actually being used in the Panchayat & Rural Development Department of our own State Government.

We'll be able to avoid many problems and make the Tender process more transparent and faster if we can also adopt it in our Department and all Development Authorities. Surely, some fine tuning would be required. But that shouldn't be a stumbling block if we want professionalism, transparency and efficiency in our procurements.

I've already spoken to SIO, NIC Mr Das. He has agreed to give a proposal.

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Public perception on public procurement is not very bright. I give the following link in today's Telegraph that makes this point not too subtly: click here