Peshawar admin launches e-bidding system

PESHAWAR: A first ever e-bidding system was successfully launched by the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government on Wednesday when the first e-tender was awarded via this system today at Peshawar Town-I office.

The provincial government aims to ensure transparency in the tendering process said a press release issued by the administration.

The contracts were awarded through online system to the lowest bidders automatically in front of all contractors or their nominees. A high-resolution screen was installed at Town-I office where all proceedings were broadcast to stakeholders, the press release said.

The e-bidding system, launched to bring transparency and fairness in the contract awarding process, has eliminated the system of the close ring of contractors who got all the works.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 11^th, 2017.