{"id":31483,"date":"2026-08-19T18:54:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T22:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=31483"},"modified":"2026-08-19T20:55:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T00:55:33","slug":"govt-to-fully-digitise-public-procurement-system-by-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/govt-to-fully-digitise-public-procurement-system-by-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov&#8217;t to fully digitise public procurement system by end of 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">-for greater efficiency and transparency <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">-David Clarke <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Government is moving to fully digitise Guyana\u2019s public procurement system by the end of 2026, in a move President Dr. Irfaan Ali says will improve efficiency, transparency and oversight of the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new integrated e-procurement system will replace the largely paper-based process with digital tools for bidding, tendering, evaluation and procurement management, while also helping to flag compliance risks and potential irregularities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finance Secretary Sukrishnalall Pasha is leading the implementation of an integrated e-procurement system comprising a digital bidders\u2019 register, national e-tender portal, e-tender lifecycle module and an e-marketplace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cNow this will remove all the need for the massive papers, paper and move from a paper based system and move to a complete E System Electronic system that is trackable through the system,\u201d he said. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>President Ali said the system will also be able to flag compliance risks and potential irregularities while providing structured evaluation tools and management dashboards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An e-marketplace will also be established for routine low- to medium-value goods and standard services from pre-qualified suppliers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cThe NPTAB website will be upgraded into a single window where all public procurement plans, tender notices, bidding documents clarifications, bid submissions and award notices are uploaded,\u201d<\/strong> he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The President said government is considering setting aside approximately 25 to 30 per cent of procurement opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>-for greater efficiency and transparency -David Clarke Government is moving to fully digitise Guyana\u2019s public procurement system by the end of 2026, in a move President Dr. Irfaan Ali says&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31484,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[361,536,350],"tags":[488,1215,661,370,412,405,998],"class_list":["post-31483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-and-economy","category-finance","category-news","tag-488","tag-digital-economy","tag-finance","tag-guyana","tag-ncn-guyana","tag-ncn-news","tag-procurement"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31483"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31505,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31483\/revisions\/31505"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}