Government eMarketplace (GeM) has been merged with the Central Public Procurement Portal (CPPP) for the creation of a Unified Procurement System. The integrated system will combine the whole public buying of goods and services onto one platform. It is a customized portal developed to cater tto he electronic procurement/ tendering needs of the Central Government Departments and other organizations.
Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, National Informatics Centre (NIC) in partnership with Ministry of Finance, the Procurement Policy Division has advanced, announced, and implemented the Central Public Procurement Portal
The main objective of the portal is to give a single-point entry to the data on procurements created across different Ministries and line Departments. It will lead to greater participation of railways and defense ministries on the GeM platform.
CPPP will eventually contain all tender enquiries floated by any central government organization. It will have all circulars / GOs / OMs. It will have links to various sites related to eTendering. It will also have the Award of Contract for all tenders which have been awarded.
All users of Government Departments are expected to upload all tender enquiries, its corrigendums and award details after the bid award on to the site.
It is a customized portal developed to cater to the electronic procurement/ tendering needs of the Central Government Departments and other organizations.
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