Public Procurement and Oversight Authority director-general Maurice
Juma. According to him, the switch to a single online portal would help
transform state procurement. FILE PHOTO | NATION MEDIA GROUP
The
National Treasury has already concluded training officials from the
ministries as well as state agencies on how to use the platform — called
the Integrated Financial Management Information System tender portal —
ahead of the Tuesday deadline.
The portal would enable
tender seekers to view government tenders in a plan that seeks to
enhance transparency in public tendering.
“Beginning
Tuesday, we expect to see tender information for all ministries,
departments and government agencies,” said Jerome Ochieng, the
information system’s director.
DIFFERENT COMPONENTS
Mr
Ochieng was speaking during the training of over 200 procurement,
finance and ICT officers from ministries and state agencies on the use
of the tender portal.
At the moment, ministries, state
departments and agencies use different components of the information
system, including e-procurement.
According to Public
Procurement Oversight Authority Director-General Maurice Juma, the
switch to a single online portal would help transform state procurement.
“When
the tenders are uploaded on the tender portal, it will remain on the
portal for as long as the tender is open (and) thus the opportunity can
reach our target groups of women, youth and people with disabilities,”
said Mr Juma.
EMBRACE SYSTEM
The
requirement for all ministries, departments and agencies to upload
tenders on the portal is backed by President Kenyatta’s directive
calling on entities to embrace the e-procurement system.
The
Treasury is currently in the process of rolling out the e-procurement
system to state corporations, in its bid to improve public finance
management across the country.
The plan is expected to enable private sector companies seeking to do business with the government to easily access tenders.
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