" Andhra Pradesh will leverage Information Technology to attain a position of leadership and excellence in the information age and to transform itself into a knowledge society."

The Government envisions providing good governance by establishing a Simple, Moral, Accountable, Responsive and Transparent Government - SMART Government. eProcurement is one of the vehicles that can be gainfully used in reaching the goal of SMART governance.

E-Procurement.gov.in is a comprehensive e-infrastructure that will help the government and the citizens realize the vision of fuelling growth via profitable B2B e-commerce. Providing a robust, proven platform used by the largest companies in India and the world, it enables trade between companies of different sizes, platforms and locations. To this end, eProcurement.gov.in will provide services like eProcurement, eTendering, eSelling and eAuctions.

The eProcurement.gov.in platform provides its members with access to several trading suppliers. Eprocurement Auction Services offers government departments easy-to-use, web-based solutions for conducting dynamic exchanges in an on-line environment. It provides real-time bidding solutions for buyers and sellers that bring an unprecedented level of profitability, control, and simplicity to corporate procurement and liquidation processes.

The Tender Management Software helps both the buyers and the suppliers to reduce the cycle time, unnecessary paper work, waiting in long queues and simultaneously maintain the transparency in the entire process.

eProcurement will be utilised by all GoAP departments including, local bodies and municipal corporations along with their vendors. Co-operative sectors, public sectors and other state governments can also use this solution.