SME Times News Bureau | 11 Sep, 2019
Government e Marketplace
(GeM) under the Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industry and
Government of Punjab, signed MoU to set up a GeM Organizational Transformation
Team (GOTT) Project Management Unit (PMU) in the state.
The MoU was signed by
Additional CEO,GeM, S. Suresh Kumar, and Director Industries, Government of
Punjab, C. Sibinat Chandigarh on 10th September 2019.
GeM, the national
public procurement portal launched in August 2016 has transformed the public
procurement landscape in the country with transparency, efficiency and
inclusion.
It has facilitated
procurement worth over Rs. 34,000 crore of goods & services by various
Government Departments, Organisations and PSUs.
To further strengthen
and enable Government departments towards a market based procurement,
Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, Government of India hasadvised
Ministries and Departments of Central and State Governments to consider
services of GOTT on an outcome based self-sustenance model.
GOTT will assist the
buyer agency to redesign the procurement processes and enhance competencies to
derive maximum benefit from the online marketplace.
Government of Punjab
is the first State which will establish GOTT PMU for effectively utilising this
transformational initiative towards inclusive, efficient and transparent
procurement.
Among the CPSUs, SAIL
has already signed MoU for setting up of PMU. Many other states and CPSUs are
in the process of setting up GOTT PMUs.
It is projected that
through the initiatives of GOTT PMU, Government of Punjab will be able to
transact around Rs 1700 crore in terms of annual Gross Merchandize Value (GMV)
on GeM platform in the first year and over Rs 3000 crore per annum, over a
period of time.