'eProcurement' platform has not yielded results in AP : CAG

Hyderabad, Dec 21 (UNI) The Andhra Pradesh government's pioneering initiative for implementation of the statewide 'eProcurement' platform has not yielded the desired results, a Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report said here today.

Releasing the CAG report on civil audit here, State Principal Accountant General S B Pillay said the objective to bring all departments under 'eProcurement' platform had not been achieved in the state.

Only ten government departments, 15 PSUs, 58 urban local bodies and five univeristies out of 30 government departments, 36 working PSUs, 134 urban local bodies and eight universities had used the facility after the government issued orders in July 2004, stipulating that all works and services should be done through eProcurement.

Stating that procurment process across the user departments were not standardised and the objective of preventing possible cartel formation also could not be fully achieved, Mr Pillay said the government need to standardise procurement processes among all user departments.

In order to achieve its objective, the government should ensure that all its works, goods and services are procured only by using the eProcurement platform, Mr Pillay added.

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