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-What is E-Procurement?
E-Procurement is the purchasing of
goods and services using the internet.It
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Covers full life cycle of purchasing (indent
to receipt of goods)
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Connects buyers and suppliers through electronic
exchange of Tenders, catalogs, contracts, POs, invoices
etc
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Electronic Tendering is carrying out the traditional
tendering process in an electronic form, using the
internet. Using E-Tendering The Departments of Andhra
Pradesh can:
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Includes on-contract and off-contract buying
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Includes a variety of off techniques such as RFPs,
quotes, auctions and reverse auctions. |
- What is Electronic Tendering?
Electronic Tendering is carrying out
the traditional tendering process in an electronic
form, using the internet. Using E-Tendering The
Departments of Andhra Pradesh can:
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Raise Indents as per the requirement
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Approve indents online ·
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Sell Tenders
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Receive Bids
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Award Contract / PO
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Evaluate Tenders
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Create and publish NIT
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Includes a variety of off techniques
such as RFPs, quotes, auctions and reverse auctions.
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Using E-Tendering, the suppliers can
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Receive notification of the relevant
tenders
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Purchase tenders document
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Submit Bids Online
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Track the status of their bids |
-What are the sources of Tenders?
The tenders are published by the various
departments of the Government of Andhra Pradesh.
Using the E-Tendering System, the users of the participating
department will:
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Raise indents as per the requirements
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Approve Indents online
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Create Tender
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Approve Tender and
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Publish Tender online
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-How Secure is it?
The security features incorporated
in the application ensures that all activities are
logged, no unauthorised person has access to data,
all sensitive data is encrypted and system can be
restore in a minimal possible time in case of a
disaster or system crash.
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Audit Trail The Solution has been so
designed that all the activities, transactions and
changes in configuration are logged and a log report
is made available to the concerned people. Further,
a log is also available of activities at the database
level thereby ensuring that a robust audit trail
is always available of all the activities either
at the application level or the database level.
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Data Encryption The solution supports 128
bit encryption and all the price bids received against
a tender are encrypted at the database level. Further,
the login passwords of all the users and the suppliers
are also encrypted at the database level.
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Secure Administrator acccess To prevent
an administrator from misusing his access privileges,
the TMS requires two level password verification
before allowing an administrator access to the admin
module. The first password is provided by the administrator
himself and the second password is provided by some
designated senior person within the buying organization.
The administrator will be authenticated on advanced
technologies using biometrics.
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Process Validation The Solution has been
so architected that a user cannot view the commercial
bid of a supplier till the technical evaluation
of the tender is complete and the date & time specified
for the opening of the commercial bid is due.
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SSL Certificate The solution uses 128 bit
SSL Certificate from Verisign for communication
between the browser and the web server. This ensures
that all the data is encrypted and cannot be hacked/misused
by anyone
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Unauthorised Access - The entire solution
is behind a firewall and intrusion detection system
that protects it against unauthorised access and
hackers |
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