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Municipal Shift to e-Tendering

 
•    The system is consistent with the government`s vision in building a knowledge-based economy
•    Multiple benefits in terms of facilitating and simplifying tendering.
•    A result of joint efforts between the IT Authority, the tenders Council and other authorities making use of the system.
•    It provides a secure and transparent way to keep everyone informed of updates about tenders

The e-tendering system is one of the most important government initiatives that Muscat Municipality has benefited in managing its business and presenting its projects. It serves as a guide to see e-government towards transforming the economy and society to the era of Information Technology. The system is a qualitative leap towards a modern technical strategy in all areas of knowledge and human capacity in all economic activities, aimed at accomplishing the government`s vision in e transformation.

Muscat Municipality has always sought to keep pace with modernity and develop its technical system in order to simplify and facilitate procedures and raise the quality of work, and therefor started using "Isnad" electronic tendering. It enhances the concept of transparency, apply the principle of publicity, and equal opportunities and equality for all tenders. Isnad e-tendering system is a unified portal for government procurement and tendering management where tenders are and bids are submitted, and are assigned electronically in accordance with the tenders` law and its executive regulations,

 The system would provide a central database for government tenders and for the data of declining and registered companies. It is also reliable to enable bidders to purchase and submit bids at any time and from anywhere, which reduces the burden on employees, and significantly reduces the use of paper documents.

The e-tenders system is one of the initiatives of the Information Technology Authority, under the umbrella of the e-Government Transformation project, through which all the beneficiaries submit their tenders and complete their procedures in an integrated electronic manner. Muscat Municipality launched its first e-tender through the system in late 2017 through the procurement and asset management. This program provides a clear and accessible database for the commercial sector interested in tenders, allowing anyone to follow all tenders simultaneously through a single portal.