The Haryana government launched an e-tendering facility for its projects on Thursday. The process has initially been launched in the public works department (PWD) as a pilot project.
Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda launched the facility for the prime minister's rural roads project involving 15 tenders worth Rs.2.66 billion. He announced that e-tendering will be started in other government departments shortly.
"It will not only bring transparency but also check delays. Roads and canals are indicators of a state's development," Hooda said. He said that Haryana government departments would shortly start the e-procurement process for their purchases.
"Government purchases and tendering will be done through the Internet," Hooda said.
The chief minister said that a plan for e-tendering worth Rs. 5 billion had already been prepared and this would be subsequently extended to Rs. 10 billion.
"It will be a completely transparent process and yet maintain the secrecy of the applicants," PWD secretary K.K. Jalan said at the launch.
The service providers have introduced a unique system for the maintenance of secrecy of the financial bids. In case of any tampering in the process, it will be known.
Earlier the system used to take 21 days to process the tenders, but now this would take only a few hours. The department would also open a help desk to solve any problems contractors might face initially, Jalan added.
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