E-Government Procurement in India: Asia-Pacific e-GP Conference
E-Government Procurement in India: Asia-Pacific e-GP Conference
E-Government Procurement in India: Asia-Pacific e-GP Conference
Agenda
Government Procurement in India
85 % - Civil Works 10 % - Goods 5 % - Services Directorate General of Supplies Disposals (DGS&D) A Central Procurement agency under Dept. of Commerce, has rate contracts with vendors.
Most State Governments & DGS&D covered under this Model. Central Government and PSUs progressively being covered. are also
Indigenous Applications
Indian Railways uses e-Tendering system since 2005, which was developed internally by Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS), an IT Arm of Indian Railways. The application is deployed throughout the country. Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) owned by Indian Railways More than 200,000 tenders have been processed using this system till date. Many other organizations are using self developed applications
https://www.ireps.gov.in
Lessons Learnt
e-GP models being implemented in isolation on the basis of individual initiative Issues of inter-operability not addressed. Large share of procurement still outside the e-GP foot print Most models provide for basic e-tendering and not an end to end solution Many important aspects like use of e-GP as MIS and for grievance redressal neglected. IT skills & mindsets in Government. Universalization of e-GP requires top level commitment.
Next Steps
Committee on Public Procurement (CoPP) has suggested far reaching reforms including a national public procurement law, review of GFRs and
Implementation Strategy
Expanding e-GP as part of overall procurement reforms. e-GP an important component of proposed new national public procurement law. Identified implementation of Mission Mode Project (MMP) eProcurement as
MMP implementation is being monitored at the highest level by the Prime Minister.
Use of e-Auctions
Successful 3G spectrum auctions raised US$ 24.5 billion revenue in June, 2010
Government has decided to encourage use of auctions for obtaining market determined price for sale of assets and reverse auctions for procurement of goods and projects
Road map for implementation across government departments and public sector enterprises being rolled out
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Building Blocks
Establishment of State Data Centre (SDC) National Data Centre (NDC)
Standards Bodies
General Financial Rules (GFR) Central Vigilance Commission (CVC)
DGS&D