Asian Development BankInter-American Development BankWorld Bank2014-07-232014-07-232007-04https://hdl.handle.net/10986/19015Authorities in developed and newly developing countries alike have been seeking to reform and strengthen the governance and management frameworks around their systems of public procurement. Their objectives have been to enhance effective management, reduce the risk of corruption, promote economic activity, and strengthen policy and strategic development. Increasingly an important part of these reforms has become the systematic application of technology to the processes of public procurement, including in the advertising of business opportunities, management of information and workflows, document delivery, purchase orders and transactions. This systematic application of technology to government procurement, or e-Government Procurement (e-GP), can lead to a substantial automation of the procurement process but requires significant reforms and process improvements in the management of procurement. These reforms have seen the introduction of new procurement laws and regulations, the introduction of new training for public procurement officers, changes in management procedures including standardization and simplification, and enhanced competition for government procurement opportunities. However one key issue deserves further attention namely defining the functional specifications of the e-GP system that is to be acquired or built, this is the subject of this paper. This paper seeks to give guidance on what functions and qualities they could seek from their e-GP system, or if they are engaging a third party provider then this may also give guidance on what capabilities they might require in their service level agreementen-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCOUNTINGADVERTISEMENTADVERTISEMENTSADVERTISINGAUCTIONAUCTION PROCESSAUDIT TRAILAUTHENTICATIONAUTHENTICATION PROCESSAUTOMATIC NOTIFICATIONSAUTOMATIONAWARD OF CONTRACTSBACK-OFFICEBACKUPBASICBEST PRACTICEBIDBID CLOSINGBID CLOSING DATEBID DOCUMENTSBID EVALUATIONBID OPENINGBID SECURITIESBID SUBMISSION DEADLINEBIDDERBIDDERSBIDDINGBIDDING DOCUMENTSBIDSBROADCASTBROWSERBUDGETINGBUSINESS ACTIVITIESBUSINESS APPLICATIONBUSINESS CONTINUITYBUSINESS MODELBUSINESS OPPORTUNITIESBUSINESS SECTORBUSINESSESBUYERBUYERSCAPABILITIESCAPABILITYCERTIFICATIONCHECKSCIVIL WORKSCODESCODINGCOMMODITIESCOMPETITIVE MARKETCOMPETITIVE MARKETSCOMPETITIVENESSCOMPONENTSCONDITIONS OF USECONFIDENTIALITYCONNECTIVITYCONSTRUCTION WORKSCONSULTING SERVICESCONTRACT AWARDCONTRACT AWARDSCONTRACT MANAGEMENTCONTRACT PERFORMANCECONTRACT VALUECONTRACT VARIATIONSCONTRACTING AUTHORITYCOPYRIGHTCUSTOMIZATIONDATA MANAGEMENTDATA WAREHOUSEDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPMENT BANKDIGITALDISASTER RECOVERYDISCLOSUREDUE DILIGENCEE- GOVERNMENTE-GOVERNMENTE-MAILE-MARKETPLACEE-PROCUREMENTE-REVERSE AUCTIONSECONOMIC ACTIVITYECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTELECTRONIC AUCTIONELECTRONIC EQUIPMENTELECTRONIC FORMATELECTRONIC SIGNATUREELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONSEMAIL ADDRESSENCRYPTED FILESENCRYPTIONEPROCUREMENTEQUIPMENTEVALUATION OF BIDSEVALUATION PROCESSEXPENDITUREEXPRESSION OF INTERESTEXTERNAL AUDITFINANCIAL FLOWSFINANCIAL MANAGEMENTFINANCIAL SYSTEMFRAMEWORK AGREEMENTFRONT-OFFICEFUNCTIONALITYGOVERNANCE STANDARDSGOVERNMENT AGENCYGOVERNMENT BIDDINGGOVERNMENT OFFICESGOVERNMENT PROCUREMENTGOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT AGREEMENTHARMONIZATIONHUMAN RESOURCEICTIDIDENTITY MANAGEMENTINFORMATION FLOWSINFORMATION SECURITYINFORMATION SERVICEINFORMATION SERVICESINFORMATION SYSTEMINFORMATION TECHNOLOGYINTERFACEINTERFACESINTERNATIONAL STANDARDSINTEROPERABILITYINVENTORYINVENTORY MANAGEMENTIPISSUANCELOSS OF CONFIDENCEMANAGEMENT SYSTEMMANAGEMENT SYSTEMSMARKET STRUCTUREMATERIALMEDIAOFFICE SYSTEMSONLINE CATALOGUESONLINE PAYMENTSONLINE REGISTRATIONONLINE SECURITYONLINE TRANSACTIONSOPEN ACCESSOPEN BIDDINGOPEN BIDSOPEN COMPETITIONOPEN MARKETOPEN STANDARDOPEN STANDARDSOPERATING SYSTEMPAYMENT GATEWAYPAYMENT ORDERPDFPENETRATION TESTINGPOTENTIAL BIDDERSPRICE COMPARISONSPRICE FORMATIONPRICE INFORMATIONPRINT VERSIONSPRIVATE KEYPRIVATE KEYSPRIVATE SECTORPROCUREMENTPROCUREMENT OPERATIONPROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITIESPROCUREMENT PLANPROCUREMENT PLANSPROCUREMENT POLICIESPROCUREMENT PROCEDURESPROCUREMENT PROCESSPROCUREMENT PROCESSESPROCUREMENT PROFESSIONALSPROCUREMENT STAFFPROCUREMENT SYSTEMPRODUCT IDENTIFICATIONPROPRIETARY SOFTWAREPROSPECTIVE BIDDERSPUBLICPUBLIC KEYPUBLIC PROCUREMENTPUBLIC PROCUREMENT OFFICERSQUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTSQUERIESREAL TIMEREGISTERSREGISTRATION OF BUSINESSESREGISTRATION SYSTEMREGISTRYRELIABILITYREQUEST FOR PROPOSALRESULTRESULTSRETENTIONRETURNREVERSE AUCTIONRISK MANAGEMENTSEARCHSEARCH FACILITIESSECURITIESSECURITY MANAGEMENTSERVERSERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENTSERVICE PROVIDERSITESSLASTANDARD BIDDINGSTANDARD BIDDING DOCUMENTSSTANDARDIZATIONSUPPLIERSSUPPLY CHAINSUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENTSYSTEM FAILURESSYSTEMS ADMINISTRATIONSYSTEMS INTEGRATIONTAXTELEPHONETENDERINGTENDERSTIME FRAMETIME PERIODTRAINING MANUALSTRANSACTIONTRANSMISSIONTRANSPARENCYUSABILITYUSERUSER IDUSER IDENTIFICATIONUSER PROFILESUSERSUSESVENDORVIRUSWEBWEB SITEWEBSITEWINNING BIDWINNING BIDDERWITHDRAWALWORKFLOW MANAGEMENT10.1596/19015