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BiP – delivering in the UAE
Source: BiP, 4 April 2007
At the recent IDEX 2007 conference in Abu Dhabi, the United
Arab Emirates (UAE) Armed Forces announced the imminent launch
of their new e-tendering portal. BiP Solutions, along with
local partner ITQAN Solutions, is delivering the portal to
UAE Armed Forces General Headquarters.
The portal will provide high-quality information and services
to the Armed Forces’ Purchasing Directorate, which is
aiming to modernise its purchasing and supply processes and
reduce its paper trail. The portal will also be used by the
Directorate to disseminate important information to its suppliers.
His Excellency Brigadier General Obeid Al Ketbi said: “This
initiative of the UAE Armed Forces is in line with the national
trend of using electronic technology to enhance efficiency
and performance.”
Feras Al Jabi, General Manager of ITQAN, said the regional
market is hungry for rightly packaged e-tendering solutions
in both the public and private sectors. "The ITQAN-BiP
partnership will provide much needed solutions to the public
and private organisations within the Gulf Cooperation Council
which are eager to implement modern supplier sourcing and
tender management programmes,” he added.
Scott Smith, Commercial Director of BiP, said: “The
e-tendering portal will provide a common face to the Armed
Forces’ supply base and will help make the process of
RFQ (request for quotation) and tendering more effective and
efficient for both the procurement teams and their suppliers.”
BiP’s products and services are already well known
in the UK, Europe and beyond, and the UAE adds to the growing
list of countries benefiting from the company’s e-tendering
expertise.
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