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The General Manager, Lagos State Public Procurement Agency, Mr. Fatai Idowu Onafowote, has said following the success achieved with the deployment of e-Procurement Solution Modules in the procurement processes of three MDAs of the state last September; the agency has deployed five e-Procurement Solution Modules in the procurement processes of seven additional MDAs.
Speaking with reporters on Thursday in Ikeja, Onafowote said that five e-Procurement Solution Modules, namely e-Publishing/e-Notification, e-Tendering, e-Bidding, e-Evaluation and e-Notice of Award were this week successfully deployed in the procurement processes of the Ministries of Agriculture, Housing, Transportation, Waterfront Infrastructure Development as well as the Office of Drainage Services, Office of Environment Services and the Lagos State Primary Health Care Board.
He said the deployment of the modules in the procurement processes of the seven additional MDAs of the state by the agency is in keeping with one of the key pillars of the T.H.E.M.E.S. agenda of the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration aimed at ”Making Lagos a 21st Century Economy”.
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He said with the deployment of the e-Procurement Solution Modules in the MDAs, the procurement processes of the affected MDAs would henceforth be on a fast track, thereby driving innovation and development across sectors in the state, in line with the objectives of the present administration.
The general manager said authorities of the affected MDAs are, therefore, expected to cut-over all their manual-based procurement activities unto the electronic platform, stressing that requests for approval instruments and module-related activities initiated from the MDAs will henceforth be done through the platform.
He said the deployment of e-Procurement Solution in the procurement processes of the MDAs, coupled with a workflow process that leads to the generation of Approval Instruments, including Certificate of Compliance, Letter of No Objection, among others, is designed to reduce to the barest minimum the need for physical interaction between the workers of the agency and those of the affected MDAs.
Onafowote noted that contractors, suppliers and service providers can also easily transact business with the state government online from the comfort of their homes or offices, thereby enhancing the ease of doing business policy of the government.
He disclosed that prior to the deployment of the e-Procurement Solution Modules in the procurement processes of the seven MDAs, procurement officers of the affected MDAs had been trained by the agency to enable them operate the new system efficiently and effectively.
