Govt. invites suppliers to register with e-GP System

• All the suppliers requested to register by December 31 since the system is to  be made mandatory 
• Registered firms  eligible to join in bidding for all government entities’ procurements 
• Firms registering before November30 offered concessionary fee
• Vendors required to meet the pre-requisites for eligibility during registration 

The Government of Sri Lanka is inviting supplier community to register with Electronic Government Procurement System (e-GP System) that wishes to supply goods, work and consultancy and non-consultancy services to the government. 

This system has been developed with all the essential modules such as Vendor Registration, Procuring Entity Registration, Announcement of Bids, Calling and Receiving of Bids, Electronic Bid Opening, Electronic Bid Evaluation and Contract Awards, facilitating Shopping and National/International Competitive Bidding
procurement procedures. 

All the government organizations have been requested to use the e-GP system in procuring of goods, works and services at earliest. 

Therefore, all the suppliers are requested to register with the e-GP system by 31 December 2020 as the use of e-GP system will be made mandatory in due course. 

Firms that are registered with the system are eligible to participate in bidding for all procurements of all the government entities, without registering manually with each procurement entity. 

Firms which wish to register before 30 November 2020 are given a concessionary registration fee of Rs. 5000. Also international suppliers are charged US$ 50 as the registration fee. Each registration is valid for 12 calendar months period. Payment should be made via credit/debit cards through
the system. 

Firms which wish to register are required to logon to the website and follow the process as required. Firms are requested to upload their business registration certificate in Adobe Acrobat PDF file format. 

Other basic information such as name, address, contact information, telephone, e-mail, etc. are also requested through the on-screen application form. 

As a part of the registration process, vendors are required to declare that they meet the pre-requisites for eligibility. Vendors are also required to comply with the e-GP
User Declaration. 

Firms are requested to log into www.promise.lk web portal and review the “User Guide for Vendors” published therein or visit https://promise.lk//user_guides/vendor_v1.pdf for guidance.