SME Times News Bureau | 22 Nov, 2019
Government e Marketplace (GeM)
has entered into an MoU, with the Government of National Capital Territory
(NCT) of Delhi, in order to facilitate buyer organizations of Delhi towards a
market-based procurement.
Delhi has consistently been
among the top buyers on GeM.
The MoU will further expedite
the harmonisation of the procurement guidelines of the two entities and
integration of the systems, enabling seamless procuring experience.
The MoU was signed by Rajeev
Kandpal, CFO & Joint Secretary, GeM and Neeraj Bharati, Special Secretary
Finance, Government of NCT of Delhi. With this, GeM has now entered into MoUs
with 30 States and UTs.
GeM set up by Department of
Commerce, Government of India, is a state-of-the-art public procurement
platform that provides tools for direct purchase, bidding and reverse
auction for ensuring transparent and efficient procurement.
There are more than 40
thousand buyer organizations and over 3 lakh sellers and service providers
registered on the portal. In addition, more than 3,000 product categories
comprising approximately 15 lakh products and services are available on GeM.
The transparency, efficiency,
and inclusiveness provided by the portal has resulted in an average saving of
15 – 25% for government organizations.