Balochistan To Convert Government Contracts To E-tender

Balochistan government has decided to convert all government contracts to e-tender aimed at preventing corruption in government contracts and ensure transparency and quality work in construction projects

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 26th Oct, 2021 ) :Balochistan government has decided to convert all government contracts to e-tender aimed at preventing corruption in government contracts and ensure transparency and quality work in construction projects.

The government contractors and suppliers have been directed to register their firms in the e-tendering system, a senior official of Balochistan government told APP on Tuesday.

The Balochistan government had initiated multiple digital programmes aiming to revamp governance structure of the provincial administration including e-governance, human resource system, e-filing and task management system.

The government was going to launch these initiatives for illustrating transparency, accountability and to discourage corruption, he said.

The official said that a file tracking system was being introduced in the government offices to monitor the processing of files and its progress with the aim to provide maximum relief to the masses.

"Steps are being taken to speed up work on government projects through modern technology implementation in all departments to meet new challenges," he added.

The measures implemented were aimed at introducing institutional reforms in all the public sector departments which would eventually help uplift the living standards of the residents through efficient and time saving actions.

The provincial government was committed to equip the departments with modern technology as the government had initiated converting various functions of the department to digital medium, he added.

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