Small Businesses To Soon Provide The Boat, And Vessel Service To Govt ON e Commerce Portal GeM

The Government e-Marketplace (GeM), which was created in a world-record five months, allows various government agencies, organizations, and PSUs to acquire common goods and services online. GeM aims to improve the speed, efficiency, and transparency of public procurement. It provides e-bidding, reverses e-auction, and demand aggregation solutions to enable government users to get the most bang for their buck.

GeM is a paperless, cashless, and system-driven e-marketplace that allows you to buy ordinary goods and services with little to no human involvement. GeM removes human contact in invoice submission, order placing, and payment processing to a great extent. As an open platform, GeM has no entry barriers for reputable suppliers looking to do business with the government. At each stage, SMS and email notifications are sent to the buyer and his/her organization's head, as well as the paying authorities and vendors. The transparency, efficiency, and ease of use of the GeM portal have led to significant price cuts on GeM as contrasted to tender, Rates Contract, and direct purchase prices.

The government will soon establish a boat and vessel service on its e-commerce portal, Government e Marketplace (GEM), as well as service providers, to handle the supply, manning, operation, and maintenance of the necessary boats. GeM is considering several new services to broaden its offers after deleting thousands of undesirable categories from the web earlier this year.

GeM is considering some new services to broaden its offers after deleting thousands of undesirable categories from the web earlier this year.

Language services for interpretation and translation work have recently been added, as have professional manpower services such as administration, accounts, human resources, finance, and servicing, water tanker supply services, data center operations, courier service, climate goal agencies, and more.

As of November 27, 2022, GeM had 10,738 product categories and just 269 service categories out of roughly 11,000 categories, offering 29.39 lakh products and 2.33 lakh services.

From the perspective of the customer, the union cabinet approved the addition of cooperatives as buyers on GeM in June of this year. Over 400 cooperative organizations in India have registered on the GeM portal in the last three months, according to the Department of Commerce. The geM was launched in August 2016 and presently has 54.62 lakh vendors, with the first 10 lakh sellers registering in the first 4.5 years.

Their objective is to implement a single procurement strategy to foster behavioral change and reform. Create a lean, dynamic organization that is capable of constant innovation and market-driven decision-making. Create an easy-to-use, fully automated platform to assure procurement transparency and efficiency. Demonstrate your commitment to providing value by assuring the correct quality at the appropriate pricing. Build a sustainable ecosystem that includes all stakeholders and drives inclusive growth in India.