CALOOCAN CITY, Jan. 22 (PIA) A portal designed to simplify and improve the efficiency of preparing bidding documents that are crucial to initiating procurement of goods and infrastructure projects was recently launched as a highlight of Government Procurement Policy Board (GPPB) three-day F.Y. 2021 Procurement Forum.
With the theme Procurement Innovations in Times of Pandemic: Leveraging Technology and Cultivating an Agile Procurement Regime, Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary and GPPB Chairperson Wendel Avisado said that “new procurement reforms and digital platforms shall define and serve as the hallmark of a responsive and agile public procurement system.”
Avisado said the challenges magnified by the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) outbreak in 2020 had pushed the GPPB to adapt and innovate while keeping true to its mandate.