DBM to digitize procurement processes
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said it will use the technology to transform the government’s procurement policies and processes to boost public trust on their government.
Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said the procurement policies and processes of the government need to regain the trust of the public and meet international standards. This, however, requires “a lot of work.”
“I truly believe that with sincerity in service, a focused determination to improve, and with the proper use of technology and digitalization for efficiency and transparency, we can transform procurement policies and processes,” Pangandaman said in a statement.
The budget secretary made the statement before the members of the Government Procurement Policy Board (GPPB) and Inter-Agency Technical Working Group (IATWG) in the conduct of their yearend meeting.
Currently, the GPPB spearheads the implementation of the Green Public Procurement (GPP) Roadmap that aims to integrate green choices in public procurement and to ensure sustainable management and use of natural resources by 2030.
The GPP is a process whereby public authorities seek to procure goods, services, and works with a reduced environmental impact throughout their life cycle. The strategy of the GPP is to integrate green practices harmoniously into the existing procurement processes.
"Coupled with our initiatives to digitalize government processes, records, and databases, this would hopefully help us realize our shared aspiration to take the Philippine procurement regime to the next level," Pangandaman said.
The budget chief, meanwhile, commended the GPPB-Technical Support Office (TSO), under the leadership of Executive Director Rowena Ruiz, for promoting the Philippine government’s public procurement reform agenda.
“These government procurement reform initiatives are imperative to promote streamlined, innovative, and agile and responsive procurement for all procuring entities and stakeholders,” Ruiz said.
She also thanked the Development Partners for their continued technical assistance to these GPPB initiatives.
The GPPB-TSO also has lined-up its FY2023 Action Plan that supports the primary mandates of the GPPB on policy-making, capacity development, and procurement monitoring.