Mexico Electronic System of Government Procurement compranet

Mexico Electronic System of Government Procurement

compranet is a universal publicaccess system for carrying out public sector tendering via the Internet.

Objectives. Make the process of government purchasing more efficient and transparent. Provide public information of the procurement process. Simplify suppliers participation.

Governmental procurement. 20, 000 million US dollars in purchases and public works per year. 25, 000 public bids annually. 2, 600 governmental buying units. 50, 000 suppliers and contractors.

Commitments. 1996 Announcements of invitations for tenders in a website in the Internet. 1997 Bidding documents in the website. Mechanism for pay the bidding documents in banks throughout compranet. 1998 Development of the system for electronic transactions. 1999 Electronic bids. Information of restricted invitations. Products catalogues.

Services in operation. Announcements for public bids. http: //compranet. gob. mx Bidding documents. Vouchers to pay Bid results. basis in banks. Clarification notes. Annual acquisitions Suppliers programs States bids information Complaints. Regulations. Statistics.

Transparency. Supplier information Contract Bid result for each item Bid result http: //compranet. gob. mx Bids follow up.

compranet use indicators. More than 6, 000 visits to the home page daily. 20, 000 suppliers use compranet regularly. 3, 000 bidding documents downloaded from the page daily. 5, 000 bidding documents paid monthly ( $ 400, 000 US dollars per month ). 20 to 30% average savings in the cost of basis.

2, 000 Number of web consulting June July August September October November December January February March April May June July August September October November December Januayy February March April May June Home page consults. 1997 1998 1999 1, 800, 000 1, 600, 000 1, 400, 000 1, 200, 000 1, 000 800, 000 600, 000 400, 000 200, 000

Electronic bids. Suppliers will be able to send their technical and financial proposals through the system, using electronic firms, criptography and electronic data interchange. They may follow up electronically the entire process of the bids. The purchasing units will receive the individualized proposals while guaranteeing both confidentiality and expediency.

Traditional supplier. Consult in the Official Gazzete the announcements. Consult and pay the basis in the buying unit. Attend to the clarification meeting. Attend to the opening technical proposals. Attend to the opening economical proposals. Attend to the bid results meeting. Attend to sign the contract. Electronic supplier. Through Internet consult the announcements, get the basis and the voucher to pay in banks. Through the system send questions and get the clarification meeting acts. Send technical and financial proposals through compranet and get the acts of the meetings of proposals opening and bid results. Attend to sign the contract.

Security. For electronic identification compranet uses double key algorithms. The security application is a Mexican development, also used by Bank of Mexico and many other institutions. In april 1999 the Acquisitions and Public Works Laws were approved. They include identification and transmission of proposals electronically.

Benefits. For the government: Speed up and increased transparency. More efficient and standardized work procedures. Automated control and auditing mechanisms. Expanded supply. Better conditions of quality and price.

For the business: More possibilities to become government suppliers. Easier and transparent way to get information and follow up the processes. Savings in bidding documents. Avoiding travels and movements.

For the society: Availability of public accounting mechanisms. Total transparency in regard to governement procurement.

Winner of The Global Bangemann Challenge Due to its benefits for society and its technological quality, compranet was internationally recognized as the winner of the Electronic Comerce category of The Global Bangemann Challenge in Stockholm, Sweden on June 1999.

We are working along some Latinoamerican governments in order they can use compranet in their own countries Argentina Ecuador Costa Rica Venezuela

Mexico http: //compranet. gob. mx

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