Indian Express 07.04.2010
AMC launches e-procurement system
Express News Service Tags : corporation, e procurement system Posted: Wednesday, Apr 07, 2010 at 0348 hrs
Ahmedabad: With the launch of the e-procurement system, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has stopped issuing cheques to contractors for works costing less than Rs 10 lakh.The move follows a directive from the Vigilance Commissioner in the Government of India through the Chief Secretary of the Government of Gujarat issued on March 15.
Municipal Commissioner I P Gautam told mediapersons here on Tuesday that the need to introduce the e-procurement system was to ensure transparency in the process of inviting tenders. To see that transparency goes beyond e-tendering, the AMC has introduced a third party nodal agency in the process. The GNFC undertaking — (n)Code Soutions — will function as the nodal agency, and the e-procurements will be done under the guidelines prepared by them, he said. All major capital projects under JNNURM will be brought under the new system in three months in the first phase, Gautam added.
