e-Tendering.com adds value to trading parties in Hong Kong and Asia Pacific by facilitating the procurement process between procurer and supplier by improving productivity and effectiveness in various business processes. It applies the latest technology in application development and Internet security.

e-Tendering.com represents the next generation of tendering solution and is regarded as one of the most convenient ways of business opportunities search and information exchange amongst trading partners.
 
e-Tendering.com is the first Portal site in Hong Kong that provides an electronic means through the use of Internet technology for handling tender / Request for Proposal (RFP) / Request for Quotation (RFQ) and related activities.  The service saves time and cost for both Buyers and Suppliers in the tendering process.
 

Electronic tendering has opened up new possibilities for making the purchasing process faster, more responsive and able to function with less paperwork.  Through the e-Tendering.com, buyers can obtain improved value for money in a more efficient purchasing channel and get more exposure to potential suppliers worldwide while suppliers are offered much more business opportunities.

 

Benefits of using e-Tendering to Procurers
 
Facilitate tender/RFP/RFQ preparation and shorten the time of bid submission
 
e-Tendering.com could support different buying practice.  In addition to issuing tenders, procurer could also use e-Tendering.com to faciliate their Request for Proposal and Request for Quotation practice.  The process can integrate with the daily operation of the purchasing cycle.
 
- Automatic selection of invited suppliers categorized by product/service nature
- Use at time slamp from the Real Time Service affected by the Hong Kong Observatory to reduce tender time conflicts
- Support for restricted and open tenders/quotation requests at procurer’s own choice
- Status tracking to provide procurers an overall picture on which supplier has downloaded/submitted their offer
- Posting of tender clarification, addendum, postponement and suspension before tender closing time
 
Explore the efficiency with new online web form
 
Procurer could make use of pre-defined electonic form (e-form) in daily, RFQ activities. This form would be instantly accessed by suppliers to fill in. Procurer could at any time generate Quotation Analysis Table automatically which form a useful tool in supplier evaluation process.
 
Get exposed for potential suppliers worldwide
 
e-Tendering.com provides a round-the-clock service available on-line at all time.  Potential suppliers around the world could download the tender documents and / or submit their bids electronically.  Geographic and time constraints are no more the barriers to the tendering / proposal submission process.
 
Increase value for money in purchase
 
The on-line tendering model opens up the door to procurers with a wider community of suppliers.  There are more choices and oppportunities for procurers to build up their supplier networks to optimise cost reduction and to ripe better source of suppliers.
 
Use less paper and reduce re-keying work
 
e-Tendering.com enables procurers to post tenders in virtual tender boxes in electronic media.  Purchasing staff post tenders / RFP / RFQ to the portal with a few clicks and the tenders are instantaneously ready to be viewed by all suppliers or selected suppliers.
 
Use a highly secured framework based on PKI encryption technology
 
e-Tendering.com uses the PKI framework to achieve the four principal security functions for commercial transactions - Privacy, Authenication, Integrity and Non-repudiation.  In other words, it guarantees that bids / proposals /quotations submitted by supplier are untampered within the whole process and could only be read by the procurer.  The identity of the supplier is also certified  by the digital signature signed in the submitted document.
 
Pave a way to full electronic commerce
 
Tendering is the first step of the whole procurement cycle.  With e-Tendering .com, procurers ccould enjoy the benefits of electronic commerce and apply the idea to the other processes of the procurement cycle.
 
Strategic Partnership
 
Jointly promote e-Tendering.com worldwide through 50 HKTDC overseas offices
 
Hong Kong Trade Development Council is the strategic partner of e-Tendering.com since January 2000.  The extensive coverage of HKTDC oversea offices will enable the e-Tendering.com service to get globalized.  Through the promotional events, more and more procurers and supplier will participate in the e-Tendering.com to form a worldwide community which will then deliver a win-win business opportunities to both procures and suppliers.
 
Co-branding with TDCtrade.com
 
As part of the agreement with HKTDC, e-Tendering.com is also presented in the websites of HKTDC.  Suppliers browsing the websites are able to go direct to e-Tendering.com to search tenders online.  This vast community of TDC suppliers is now constituting a large base of potential suppliers to the procurers subscribed to the e-Tendering.com service.
                                                                                                                          

 
Website: www.e-tendering.com