E-Procurement: E-Procurement: the French experience the French experience

A step by step strategyA step by step strategy

A step by step strategyA step by step strategy

•Before 2005, individual experiences: ministry of Defense, large local authorities •2001 a clear warning for the purchasing authorities•January 2005, is everybody ready?•2006 a second warning for the tenders

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The pro’s and con’sThe pro’s and con’s

ttIn favorIn favor• Easyer access to Easyer access to

information information (publicity and (publicity and contract contract documents)documents)

• Integrity of the Integrity of the filefile

• Security and of Security and of the transmission the transmission

• No delivery costsNo delivery costs• Better control of Better control of

the time the time scheduleschedule

Against:Against:• To many portalsTo many portals• To much trainingTo much training• And what if there And what if there

is a bug?is a bug?• The nightmare of The nightmare of

the electronic the electronic signaturesignature

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The consequencesThe consequences Positive:Positive:

• Development Development of the portalsof the portals

• Better Better information information leads to leads to better better competitoncompetiton

• Local portals Local portals and SME’sand SME’s

Negative:Negative:• No e-tenders No e-tenders

(2%)(2%)

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The solutions? The solutions?

The sparewheel: no real successThe sparewheel: no real success The uniformisation of the portals: long The uniformisation of the portals: long

range targetrange target Looking abroad: the foreign examplesLooking abroad: the foreign examples

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The two possible ways outThe two possible ways out

The State signature (Singapore or Mexico)The State signature (Singapore or Mexico) No signature at all but a simple login No signature at all but a simple login

(Finland or UK)(Finland or UK)

It is useless to think about It is useless to think about developping e-procurement as long developping e-procurement as long as the issue of the signature is not as the issue of the signature is not

properly solvedproperly solved

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Thank you for your attentionThank you for your attention