{"id":4953,"date":"2018-03-23T08:30:21","date_gmt":"2018-03-23T13:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/projectcalls.com\/?p=4953"},"modified":"2018-03-22T10:18:52","modified_gmt":"2018-03-22T15:18:52","slug":"bmobiles-e-tender-platform-welcomed-as-an-improvement-to-public-sector-procurement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/bmobiles-e-tender-platform-welcomed-as-an-improvement-to-public-sector-procurement\/","title":{"rendered":"bmobile&#8217;s e-Tender Platform welcomed as an improvement to Public Sector Procurement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"xmsonormal\">On February 2nd, bmobile signed a historical memorandum of understanding\u00a0(MoU) with the National Information and Communication Technology Company Limited (iGovTT), the state enterprise responsible for the provision of ICT consulting and support services to Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies in Trinidad and Tobago. The landmark MoU will allow all 22 ministries, 119 state companies and 135 statutory bodies to use bmobile\u2019s e-Tender platform to provide automated online procurement and project management solutions for all their contracts, setting a new benchmark for public sector procurement and unprecedented levels of accountability, transparency and inclusivity, where every local business can participate and benefit from the Public sector bidding process.<\/p>\n<p class=\"xmsonormal\">During an interview with Moonilal Lalchan, Chairman of the Office of Procurement Regulation, Afra Raymond, Immediate Past President of the Joint Consultative Committee\u00a0and Keino Cox, bmobile\u2019s Senior Manager Supply Chain on Power 102.1 FM on February 5th, Cox gave an overview of bmobile\u2019s e-Tender system, the first digital procurement platform developed locally. \u201cAs part of the company\u2019s digital transformation strategy, bmobile moved to an online procurement system in 2012 to provide an open, fair and transparent system that leveled the playing field by being inclusive to all sizes and ranges of companies.\u201d Cox explained that e-Tender was a simplified process that cut costs for both bmobile and companies submitting bids. \u201cIt also provides real-time competitive tender postings, updates and queries.\u201d\u00a0 The online platform, which was developed internally by bmobile staff, has allowed the company to expand its reach of vendors globally, with over 3,000 registered vendors from various countries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"xmsonormal\">bmobile\u2019s e-Tender acts as a nexus between businesses and opportunities.\u00a0 The telecom operator has seen a 40% increase in the number of companies participating in its tenders. The increased visibility by being online, allowed a wider range in the size and type of businesses applying for Tenders.\u00a0 \u201cCompanies which previously would not have known about available tenders, were now aware through the automated email notifications of the e-Tender platform.\u00a0 The increase in the number of companies also led to higher quality, lower prices and more competitive bids, which in turn led to a significant cost reduction, including about 20% savings on just our routine purchases without having to negotiate for lower prices; an increase in productivity and efficiency along the whole value chain of the procurement process; and higher quality of products and services purchased by bmobile.\u201d said Cox.<\/p>\n<p class=\"xmsonormal\">Cox indicated that bmobile had also developed an online tender evaluation platform so persons can participate in the online evaluation process from anywhere in the world and added, \u201cWe are proud to have developed a digital procurement platform that rivals the best in the world and pays for itself locally thus saving on FOREX.\u00a0 Countries as far as the UK, USA and Asia have reached out to us to explore our software.\u00a0 As the only full-service national communications service provider, bmobile is committed to supporting the growth of local business and the development of the national community by sharing the benefits we received via the roll out of e-Tender to the public sector.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2026 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.news.gov.tt\/content\/bmobiles-e-tender-platform-welcomed-improvement-public-sector-procurement#.WrPCtZMbORs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Image:\u00a0 (achinverma, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pixabay.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pixabay<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On February 2nd, bmobile signed a historical memorandum of understanding\u00a0(MoU) with the National Information and Communication Technology Company Limited (iGovTT), the state enterprise responsible for the provision of ICT consulting&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":4959,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[112],"tags":[154,192,191,71,137],"class_list":["post-4953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-newsdevelopments","tag-conflictchallenge","tag-e-tendering","tag-online","tag-procurement","tag-trinidad-and-tobago"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Log-in-register-window-button-achinverma-Pixabay.jpg?fit=1024%2C670&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6u9Qa-1hT","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4408,"url":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/govt-moves-towards-e-tendering\/","url_meta":{"origin":4953,"position":0},"title":"Govt moves towards e-tendering","author":"Michele Marius","date":"February 8, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"STATE agencies TSTT and iGovTT, jointly hosted a breakfast ceremony for about 100 guests at the Hyatt Regency Port of Spain yesterday to celebrate the signing of a memorandum of understanding between them for e-tendering services. 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