Number of E-Tenders Increased 4 Times During Pandemic Period

Number of E-Tenders Increased 4 Times During Pandemic Period The number of e-tenders increased 4 times during the pandemic period. In the April-August period, the number of e-auctions increased by 326 percent compared to last year. Thanks to the applications such as e-document, e-notification, e-tender and e-auction, which the Public Procurement Authority (KİK) has carried to the electronic environment in recent years, more than 1 billion TL has been saved. During the coronavirus (Covid-19) period, the number of e-auctions recorded more than 4 times. According to the information provided by the KİK officials, the e-tender application enabled public institutions to meet their needs quickly and by minimizing the difficulty of pandemic conditions during the pandemic process. Within the framework of the coronavirus (Covid-19) measures, the number of e-auctions increased by 326 percent. 9 thousand 762 of the 25 thousand tenders held between April and August this year were made by e-tender method. In the same period of the previous year, 2 thousand 289 of the 24 thousand 820 tenders were made by e-tender method. In the light of these data, it was seen that the number of e-auctions increased more than 4 times. During the Covid-19 pandemic process, the average number of offers increased by 25 percent with the ease brought by the e-tender application. The rate of using the e-tender application implemented by the KİK in 2017, which was 9.22 percent in April-August last year, reached 39.19 percent in the same period this year.   Innovations Will Continue Making a statement on the subject, KİK President Hamdi Güleç stated that the savings achieved through applications such as e-documents, e-notification, e-tender and e-auction have exceeded 1 billion lira. President Güleç said that they will continue their works, which they carry out in line with the principles of efficient and effective use of public resources, with the establishment of competition and transparency in tenders, with innovations such as e-complaints, e-guarantees and e-certificates. Explaining that their goal is to make public procurements fully manageable and traceable in an electronic environment with smart applications that will facilitate the access and transactions of people to tenders by the end of 2021, Güleç noted the following statements: '' Studies to measure the satisfaction of sector stakeholders regarding current e-procurement practices and to improve the system are also carried out regularly. ''