NATIONAL PROCUREMENT COMMISSION ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT (E-GP) STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION QUESTIONNAIRE

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NATIONAL PROCUREMENT COMMISSION ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT (E-GP) STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION QUESTIONNAIRE – PRIVATE SECTOR

Response appreciated by 11th November 2024

Thank you for taking the time to complete this questionnaire. Your contribution is greatly appreciated.

Joe Sapa, Acting Chief Executive Officer National Procurement Commission

1. Name of your company:

2. Contact name:

3. Position:

4. Email address:

5. Website:

6. Is your company a Small or Medium sized Enterprise?

Yes

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7. What are your key challenges in the current public procurement process?

8. Bidding for government contracts: how long, on average, do you normally spend responding to a quotation request (pick one)?

1-2 hours

2-4 hours

1 day

3 days

5 days

Other:

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9. How do you spot tender opportunities?

Newspaper

Website

Word of mouth

Direct invitation

Other:

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10. Bidding for government contracts: how long, on average, do you normally spend responding to a request for tender (pick one)?

1-2 days

2 weeks

3 weeks

Over 3 weeks

Other:

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10. Do you work on your quotations and bids during normal office hours (8-4pm) Monday to Friday?

Always

We sometimes work outside these hours Monday to Friday

We sometimes work on weekends

We often work outside normal office hours during the week and at weekends

Other:

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11. What sort of electronic devices does your business use to trade?

Laptop/PC or Tablet with Microsoft Windows

Laptop/PC or Tablet with Android/Google

Mac with Safari

Phone with Android

Other:

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12. What is your favoured electronic method of business communication

Email – Google Mail

Email – Microsoft Outlook or Exchange

Text – phone SMS messaging

Viber

Other:

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13. What level of internet access does your business have to register on and use an electronic system to bid for contract opportunities (choose one)?

We have no regular internet access for our business

We have internet access for our business through a phone where we pay for usage

We have continuous internet access for our business through a phone

We have continuous office internet access via fiber/cabling (broadband internet) at our offices but it is slow or fails frequently

We have reliable continuous internet at our offices provided via fiber/cabling (broadband internet).

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14. Do you have antivirus protection for your email or messaging?

Yes

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15. Do you think you will need to buy new equipment or upgrade your internet to use an electronic system to trade with the government?

Yes

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16. What types of training methods would you prefer to learn how to use a new system?

Face to face - classroom training

Paper or electronic manual, e.g. PDF document

YouTube videos with a walkthrough demonstration

Webinar - Zoom

Webinar - Microsoft Teams

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17. Please add any other comments or suggestions here:

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