DM and Tejari launch new project for electronic tendering

The contracts and purchasing department of the Dubai Municipality has officially launched the ‘Automating Procedures of Engineering Contract Department’ in collaboration with Tejari.

Tejari, an electronic contract systems provider in UAE, has put their efforts to support Dubai’s ‘smart’ transformation initiatives.

The project is set to promote DM’s e-transformation efforts and lay the groundwork for automating the contract tendering and awarding process, build modern efficiencies, and enhance accuracy and efficiency in the awarding of engineering contracts.

It involves the activation of a contract and purchasing system in eSupply, the official central procurement portal of Dubai Smart Government in cooperation with Tejari. This ensures the electronic integration of purchasing and contracts procedures into the unified system in a bid to modernise the department’s procedures and enhance its performance amid rapid smart transformation developments.

Marwan Al Naqi, Chairman of Tejari, said: “Today, we have the responsibility to optimally employ the latest technological innovations in order to develop smart and connected solutions that will contribute to accelerate the pace of transforming Dubai into the smartest city in the world.

The new project also complements the contracts and purchasing department’s initiative to promote paperless transactions in support of ongoing efforts to reduce the number of customers going to all government entities to 80% by 2018.