UITE presents program for monitoring tenders
27.04.2012,
20:28
The Union of Information Technology Enterprises (UITE) has presented the program Monitoring and Reforms of the Process of Government’s Tenders and Procurements in Technology Area.
YEREVAN, April 27. /ARKA/. The Union of Information Technology Enterprises (UITE) has presented the program Monitoring and Reforms of the Process of Government’s Tenders and Procurements in Technology Area.
The aim of this program is to make tenders transparent and procedures simple.
An integral database on the government-announced tenders on information technology will be created and a group will be set up under this program to monitor these tenders.
The project also implies legislative reforms aimed at improvement of government procurement system regulation and develop a sample project for holding IT tenders.
“Now 60% of Armenia’s government budget is spent for purchasing goods, services and human resources via government procurement system,” Karen Vardanyan, director of the union, said Friday at a news conference in Novosti International Press Center.
He said that the law on procurements was adopted this year, but it provides little room for making procurements transparent and effective.
Vardanyan also pointed out some faults in tenders which are held for government procurements.
“Unavailability of information about the announced tenders, wrongly worded procedures for submission of applications are among them,” he said. There are also problems in indication of terms for procurements and shortcomings.
He stressed that many bidders complain that the mechanisms for questioning the results of tenders are not effective.
Hayk Chobanyan, director of Nork center for information and analyses, who spoke at the same news conference, said that many problems emerge because of wrong and fuzzy terms of tenders – when those who announce tenders have no information about goods or services to be purchased.
“For example, customers demand goods or services which don’t comply with modern criteria,” he said. “As a result, many purchased goods, services or solutions appear to be not effective.”
This seven-month program is being implemented under support from Counterpart International Armenia and USAID.
The Union of Information Technology Enterprises was established in 2000 to protect IT companies’ interests, promote business development and encourage studies in IT industry.
Now 40 IT companies are the union members.-0—
