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The Minister for PWD, Mr V. K. Ibrahim Kunju, said here that the new system would go live in Thiruvananthapuram district on Wednesday.

The latest plan is to set up an 'e-procurement portal,' which will act as a single-window clearance and monitoring system for all 'goods, stores, works and services' required by any government department. The online framework, according to officials, will also be made available for all state-affiliated boards and corporations, as well as for the regional PSUs.

e-Procurement is an automation software for the procurement process which empowers users to easily make purchases. In simpler terms, e-Procurement is the process of procuring goods and services online using the internet.

E-Procurement is the process of procuring goods and services online using the internet. Sanjay Puri, CEO of C1 India, in an email interview with Zee Business online explains how e-Procurement is helping scale up businesses.

The projects, namely Rapid Replication of Human Resource Management System (HRMS) - Manav Sampada and Rapid Replication of e-Pass (scholarship application), will be implemented in Jharkhand within a period of two and half years at an estimated expenditure of Rs 11.36 crore and Rs 4.91 crore, respectively.

Responding to reports in the media that BU had called for regular tenders for printing of answer booklets with security features, Subramanya said that when tenders were called through e-procurement mode, before calling for regular tenders, many firms had not quoted all the items required by the university.

In a circular issued on Tuesday, Prakash Rao Kesarkar, Under Secretary, Higher Education (universities-I), directed BU Registrar (Administration), B C Mylarappa, to furnish information about, and clarify, various issues pertaining to the tender system.

MAIT partners DGS&D to provide Government e-Marketplace orientation training to industry executives - 26 categories of products available for online purchase - New era of public procurement begins with GeM

MAIT, the apex body representing IT manufacturers has partnered with Directorate General of Supplies & Disposals (DGS&D) to facilitate training of its member companies on Government e-Marketplace (GeM) at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.

The state government on Tuesday lowered the minimum slab for e-procurement to Rs 5 lakh from Rs 25 lakh with immediate effect in an effort to deliver transparency in the financial transactions associated with small-scale works undertaken by it.

The government issued an order lowering the slab to Rs 5 lakh following the recommendations from an apex committee for e-governance which met in February this year. All government departments, Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) and autonomous bodies were directed to follow e-procurement for tenders above Rs 5 lakh. The e-Procurement system is already operational with online payment facility and auto-refund for unsuccessful bidders. As per previous Government Order (GO) issued in 2012, all government departments, PSUs and autonomous bodies were directed to adopt e-procurement for all tenders above Rs 25 lakh.

e-Government procurement (e-GP) project, the major e-governance initiative to maintain transparency and quickness in procurement of works, goods and services would be utilized for purchasing essential commodities in various departments to avoid corruption in purchase. The project is a part of the one year action plan of the IT department. The project would be presented in the cabinet tomorrow by P. K. Kunhalikutty, Minister for Industries, Information Technology and Urban Affairs.

The PMGSY eTender portal is maintained and updated by respective States Rural Roads Development Agency (SRRDA) Units in coordination with National Rural Roads Development Agency under the Union Ministry of Rural Development. The World Bank and ADB complaint system is designed, developed and hosted by National Informatics Centre (NIC) on a national basis and the system is now implemented in 21 States across India including Kerala.

In less than two months, India will have a new Central government. Meeting the electorate’s expectations for good and corruption-free public services will be one of the government’s biggest challenges.

E-governance, an important tool through which public services can be improved, will involve large scale procurement of services from private sector IT service providers.

Works to be taken up by the Public Works Department (PWD) across the State have formally come under the ambit of e-tendering from Saturday, according to the office of the Minister for PWD, Mr V. K. Ebrahim Kunju.

All tenders pertaining to works on roads, bridges, buildings and national highways will now be called for and accepted via the portal, www.etenders.kerala.gov.in, an official quoted the Minister as saying.

Also, aggrieved parties may get to file a complaint and ask for a review if procedures are breached.

A committee formed for looking into issues involving public procurement policy, standards and procedures, is likely to propose that a single procurement portal should be developed on the lines of e-governance programme MCA 21, and all the procurement-related details should be posted on the portal for all the suppliers to see.

Launching the system here yesterday, Chief Minister B C Khanduri said the system would directly benefit the common man and users of the tender portal.

He directed officials to organise training programmes for employees and make them proficient in the use of the system. He said the system would come in handy in fostering a culture of good governance, clean and transparent administration and accountability.

Alemtemshi Jamir, Chief Secretary of Nagaland, requested all Heads and Assistant Heads of Departments of the State Government to attend the workshop on 19th September organised by Ministry of Commerce and Industries, National Informatics Centre (NIC) and Government of Nagaland.

Under the National e-Governance Plan, e-tendering is an integral part of e-procurement.

A little turn of phrase on astronaut Neil Armstrong’s famous proclamation once he set foot on the Moon may be one way of describing the spirit with which the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has approached e-governance. A small step for e-governance, but a giant technology leap for municipal corporations.

The ministry is using its procurement arm-DGS&D(director-general of supply and disposal) in the process. Around 20 % of a country’s GDP is spent on purchase of goods and services by its government worldwide.

"The notification was issued in April for 12 government departments to go online for procurement. They will do it soon after the elections,’’ Mr Ajay Seth, secretary, e-Governance, said on Thursday. The discussion was organised by Hewlett-Packard, which is the private partner in this Public Private Partnership initiative.