Agenda

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Agenda

• About Us
• What is e-Tendering?
• Benefits to your Organization
• Benefits to Suppliers/Contractors
• Manual Vs Electronic Tendering Comparative
• Legal Compliance
• Is e-Tendering Secure?
• Ease of e-Tendering Tender Cycle

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About Us

• Information Security Management System (ISMS) is
  must for e-Procurement as per MDBs e-GP
  Guidelines.
• We are the only an ISO/IEC 270012005 Certified
  e-Procurement company
• Government of India approved Software Testing and
  Quality Certification (STQC) certified
  Application Software
• The only company whose management has 25 Years of
  combined experience in handling e-Procurement of
  various types
• 500 Cr. (More than 100 million U.S. ) Worth of
  e-Procurement for various organizations
• The one stop shop for all your e-Procurement
  requirements

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The Solution/Services

• ABCProcure the e-Procurement suite comprise of
• e-Tendering
• e-Auctions
• Reverse Auction
• e-Sourcing
• Over and above this we also offer
• PKI consultancy support
• e-Procurement Consultancy
• Customized e-Procurement solutions for enterprise

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Our USP

• The only e-Procurement suite developed using Free
  and Open Source Software's (FOSS) like Java
  /Linux /MySQL which means
• More secure
• Low deployment cost
• Only e-Proc. Application that supports JAVA based
  PKI Signer
• Supports all CAs Digital Certificate of
  different classes
• The only e-Procurement solution that supports all
  browsers
• Dynamic Flexible application with inbuilt
  workflow
• Available on Windows/Linux operating system
• Multiple Options Rental/Annual License/Ownership
• Young Team with average age of 30

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Our Customers

• Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation
• Health Department, Gujarat
• Gujarat Gas Company Limited
• Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation
• Gujarat Urban Development Corporation
• Gujarat Maritime Board
• Dishman Pharmaceuticals Chemicals Ltd.
• Ramky Infrastructure Projects Limited
• more

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What is e-Tendering?

• E Tendering is a process of carrying out entire
  Tendering Cycle Online including submission of
  Price Bid such that Efficiency, Economy, Speed of
  Internet can be harnessed.
• E Tendering Cycle can be broken in Key Modules

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Benefits of Tendering Authority

• Completely Automated Process
• Shortens Procurement Cycle
• Economical and Environment Friendly
• Greater Transparency
• Improvement in work culture in the departments
• System aided Evaluation process
• On the fly reports/comparatives statement
• Minimize Human errors
• Minimal Storage Spaces
• Change in Perception Progressive Organization
• Lesser hassle of communication and administration

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Benefits to Suppliers/Contractors

• Anytime Anywhere Bidding
• Fair, Free and Fearless participation for
  vendors.
• No dependence on Newspaper, Courier, Banks,
• Zero Administrative hassles
• Can carry out all activities from any computer
• Economical saving on Traveling cost
• Reduces efforts cost of bidding
• No tenders can be missed because of distance
• Can submit bid on last minute

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Manual Vs E Tendering System

• Manual Tendering System
• Longer Procurement Cycle
• Expensive
• Paper Based Procurement
• Restricted Mobility
• No work on Holidays
• Prone to Human errors
• Content not sharable
• Physical Security
• Wastage of space to store bids
• Not retrievable
• Ideal till 2003

• E - Tendering System
• Shorter Procurement Cycle
• Economical Fixed Cost
• Environmentally Friendly
• Anytime Anywhere Bidding
• Bidding possible on Holidays
• Automated Accurate process
• Shareable Content
• Foolproof Security
• Lifelong storage on CD
• One click access to bids
• For year 2004 Beyond

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Government Guidelines

• Project Administration Instructions, ADB-
  November 2005Executing Agencies (EAs) may use
  electronic systems to conduct procurement on ADB-
  financed contracts where the procedures involved
  meet acceptable standards. A guide has been
  prepared in co-operation with the World Bank and
  Inter- American Development Bank
• For E Commerce Activities IT ACT 2000
• Any document which is digitally signed, by
  digital certificate issued by a licensed
  Certifying Agency (CA) who is approved by
  Controller of Certifying Agency (CCA) will be
  considered as a valid document in the court of
  law.
• For E Procurement CVC Guidelines
• E Procurement is allowed as per the guidelines
  of CVC order no. 46/9/03 provided the E
  Procurement is done in a fair and transparent
  fashion IT Act 2000 is complied

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Strategic Alliances

• IBM for Software
• OS Microsoft /Linux
• RDBMS Oracle / MYSQL/SQL
• Front End Sun JAVA / Dot Net
• Data Centre VSNL
• Broad Band BSNL / VSNL
• Payment Gateway ABCPayment
• Biometrics Secugen

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Computer Specification User End

• Any Desktop with 16 MB Ram/20 GB HDD or Higher
• OS LINUX /Windows
• Browser IE/Netscape/Mozilla/ Firefox /Any
  Browser
• Java Run Time Freeware
• Valid Digital Certificate
• Token/Crypto Key for DC Optional
• Biometrics Optional
• Digital Signer Cipher Freeware
• Net connection Dialup connection or better

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Is e-Tendering Secure?

• E Tendering Challenges
• Detecting whether document is Tampered or not
• Identifying a person in the faceless world of
  Internet
• Non Repudiation
• Document Secrecy
• Bidding should not be allowed after due date and
  time
• Bids cannot be opened before due date and time
• Bids can only be opened by authorized officers

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Digital Certificate
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Digital Certificate

• Digital Certificate is your Internet Passport
• Digital Certificate come with 1 / 2 Years
  validity
• Can be procured easily, in less than 8 Hours
• List of licensed Certifying Agency (CA)
• TCS
• N Code (GNFC)
• Safescrypt
• MTNL
• NIC

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Digital Signature
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Digital Signature Verification
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Digital Encryption/Data Enveloping
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Digital Signature

• Non Repudiation Signer cannot refuse that he
  didnt Digitally Sign a Document
• Any change in the document, tampers Signature
• Sign 1000s Page document on a Click
• Sign any number of documents with 1 Digital
  Certificate

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Digital Encryption

• Data Encrypted with Public Key, can only be
  decoded by corresponding Private Key
• No one has decrypted data without Private Key
• RSA Open Challenge worth Millions of Dollars
• Highly Secure, used at various military
  installation across the world to secure Data
• Used to protect Nuclear Missile Passwords, E
  Commerce Activities worth billions on dollars on
  Internet

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Biometrics

• Biometric verification of 2 authorized users can
  be used in tender opening process.
• Finger print of any two individual doesnt match.
• Help to establish that user remains physically
  present when Tender opens.

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Role Base Access

• Access to website is on the basis of rights
  allocated to a User or Group of Users
• This ensure that Tampering by unauthorized person
  is not possible
• Existing Organization hierarchy can be mapped to
  the system

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Time Based Access

• No activity can be carried out before due date
  Time for e.g.
• Tender cannot be opened even by authorized User
  before due date
• Server Time cannot be tampered as it is mapped to
  National Standard Time Server

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Time Stamping

• Key processes are time stamped
• Tender cannot be proponed
• Tenders cannot be submitted after
• Due date and time
• Tender cannot be opened before
• Due date and time
• All processes can be time stamped

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Architecture
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Secure Electronic Tendering Process

• We follow the following process for secure Bid
  Submission Opening
• Create Bid
• Generate Hash
• Generate Attached Signature (Bid Digital
  Signature)
• Data Enveloping/Encryption using Public Key of
  Digital Certificate
• Bid Submission using SSL
• Tender Opening Date Time Verification
• Tender Opening Rights Verification of the Officer
• Biometric Verification of the Officer
• Data De-enveloping/Decryption using Public Key of
  Digital Certificate
• Signature Verification
• Hash Verification
• Original Bid

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Electronic Sealed Envelope

• Step 1 Bid Creation Stage
• Price Bid
• Attached Digital Signature
• Asymmetric Encryption (Supplier Public Key)
• Step 2 Bid Submission Stage
• Decrypt Bid (Supplier Pvt. Key)
• Signature Verification
• Asymmetric Encryption (Buyer Public Key)
• Tender opening (Buyer Private Key)

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Standards notified in India

• Public-key cryptography
• Asymmetric Cryptosystem - RSA
• Diffie-Hellman Public key Cryptography
• Digital Signature Standards
• MD5 -Hashing Algorithms
• SHA-1 -Hashing Algorithms
• DSA Signature Algorithm
• RSA Signature Algorithm
• Directory Services (LDAP ver 3)
• X.500 for publication of Public Key Certificates
  and Certificate Revocation Lists
• X.509 version 3 Certificates as specified in ITU
  RFC 1422
• X.509 version 2 Certificate Revocation Lists
• Public-key Cryptography Standards (PKCS)
• PKCS1 - PKCS15

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Ease of e-Tendering Tender Cycle

• e-Tendering involves following phases as per
  convential
• tendering systems.
• Phase 1 Pre Tendering Activities
• Phase 2 Tendering Cycle
• Phase 3 Post Tendering Activities

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General Questions?

• Validity of eTendering/eProcurement IT ACT 2000
• Legal Compliance CVC, PWD Guidelines
• Security Issues? ISO/IEC 270012005 Co.
• Quality of Service SLA
• Training your employees?
• Training your Suppliers/Bidders?
• Backup and Business Continuity?
• Digital Certificate
• What value of Tenders can be procured online?
• How to Get Started?

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For further details contact us at our following
address

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• Mr. Ajay Singh9811113345
• M/s P.J. Softwares Ltd.
• E-mail ajaysingh_at_pjsoftwares.com
  Web Site http//procure.pjsoftwares.com

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