Segawa stated that they have also identified 10 pilot government entities including Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA), Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and Ministry of Works and Transport, that will be used to test the effectiveness of the system.
Director legal and investment Public Procurement and Disposal and Public Assets Authority (PPDA) uthman Segawa addressing the media on a procurement process during a press briefing at media Centre on 16 January 2020. (Photo by Godiver Asege)
PROCUREMENT
The Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Authority (PPDA) is set to roll out an electronic government procurement process to ease the process.
The acting PPDA Executive Director, Uthman Segawa yesterday told journalists that the E- system will promote transparency, save time, reduce on the paperwork involved in the process and also cut on the monies that are being spent in publishing bids in the daily newspapers.
“We are going to put the procurement process online so that the providers are able to submit their bids online using a system that we are developing. Currently, we are at 67%,” he said.
Segawa stated that they have also identified 10 pilot government entities including Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA), Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and Ministry of Works and Transport, that will be used to test the effectiveness of the system.
It will be rolled out to the identified entities on March 31, 2020, and its effectiveness will be tested for four months. Once successful, they will then roll it out to the central government entities by September 30, 2020.
The Electronic Government Procurement (EGP) system is an updated real time internet based system for Procurement of goods, works and services using public fund. The EGP will display all information about suppliers, contracts and also interface with bidders, government entities, suppliers and PPDA itself.
“EGP will interface with the providers, suppliers, contractors, individual suppliers of government so that instead of having adverts on the daily [newspapers] they will be able to get an email on the system about available bids and successful bidders,” Segawa noted.
He explained that instead of buying the bidding document the parties will be able to get them for free and use money for other activities.
Once the system becomes successful at the central government, it will then be rolled out to the local government institutions on July 1, 2021.
“The ordinary people will be able to get information on policies, contracts and all works done by the government through the EGP,” he said.
Segawa also said that whoever has the ability to supply any service to the government, will be able to apply through the system.
Segawa noted that the PPDA will also integrate with other government entities through the EGP in order to clamp down on imposters and thieves.
