d.
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k.
Issue of tender announcements.
Sale of tender documents.
Submission of bids by suppliers and contractors.
Modification of bids by suppliers and contractors.
Bid status tracking by suppliers and contractors.
Technical evaluation.
Commercial evaluation.
Award of contract.
Using e-Procurement, the concerned ministry will develope a Request for Expression of Interest (REOI)
inviting tenders to be published on the e-Procurement “Marketplace” for suppliers to respond.
The suppliers will view the tender and if interested, they can purchase/download the tender schedule
document by paying the tender fee either electronically through the Internet or manually and submit their
bids online. The suppliers will scan the documents and certificates that they are required to submit along
with their bids and upload the scanned copies as part of their bids. The procurement department will, at
the specified date and time, open the technical bids of all the suppliers and evaluate them in keeping with
the regulations of the Public Procurement and Consessions Commission (PPCC). Subsequently, the
commercial bids of the technically qualified suppliers shall be opened for evaluation. After the
commercial evaluation, the contract will be awarded to the successful supplier. At every stage of the
tender, the tender initiator, approvers and the suppliers are informed about the status of the tender
through email notifications and the tender status bar.
5.12
E-Government
Electronic Government (e-government) services improves access to knowledge of Government services
as well as provide sa vehicle to consolidate peace and strengthen democracy. Article 15c of the 1986
Liberian Constitution provides that there shall be no limitation to the public’s right to be informed about
the activities of government and its functionaries. E-government programs under this policy shall seek to
achieve that objective.
A comprehensive telecommunications and ICT program as articulated in the Poverty Reduction Strategy
(PRS) document provides solution to some of the problems that retard national development.
The CIO shall ensure that e-government applications adequately delivers government-related information
and services to the public through the use of ICT. These services shall include various administrative
application forms;\ as well as information pertaining to national identification cards, passports, driver
licenses, birth certificates, death certificates, marriage certificates, and voter registration cards to name a
few.
E-government services will have links that the public, interested institutions and individuals will follow
in accessing information or sharing information about government and its services.
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