Government moving to electronic tender submissions, bid tracking
Contractors and suppliers bidding for government work are to be allowed to submit tenders electronically and track their bids online as Guyana moves to replace physical submissions with a fully digital procurement system.
Minister of Public Service, Government Efficiency and Implementation Zulfikar Ally said the planned system will allow bidders to submit documents electronically and follow the progress of their submissions. The government has said it intends to have the wider e-procurement system completed before the end of 2026.
At present, the government’s eProcure website operates mainly as a central clearing house for procurement notices. It allows users to search opportunities by agency, region and bid opening date and download tender advertisements, but does not provide for electronic submission of bids.
The site was launched by the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board in February this year, and was designated the primary online portal for Invitations to Tender, Requests for Proposals, Expressions of Interest and other government procurement notices. Until then, tender advertisements were dispersed across newspapers, government agencies and other locations.
“Now you can go to one website, which is the eProcure website, and you can get all of government tenders and requests for proposals,” Ally said in an interview released by the Department of Public Information on Wednesday.
The next stage is more substantial.
President Irfaan Ali said last month that the system being developed will digitise the tender process from procurement planning and the creation of tenders through bid submission, evaluation, contract award, variations and payment processing.
It is also expected to maintain more information on contractors, suppliers and consultants, including beneficial ownership, Guyana Revenue Authority and National Insurance Scheme compliance, past performance and any suspensions or debarments.
Ali said the system will automate some compliance checks, flag risks and anomalies and provide electronic tools for evaluating bids. An e-marketplace is also planned for routine purchases of goods and standard services from pre-qualified suppliers.
The move towards electronic bid submission has been in discussion for several years.
In September 2020, then newly appointed NPTAB Chairman Tarachand Balgobin had said the board was considering electronic submissions to encourage wider participation in public procurement. The proposal at the time contemplated bidders submitting documents electronically while NPTAB cross-referenced them against official hard-copy submissions.
The process accelerated this year. The 2026 Budget allocated $145.2 million to strengthen NPTAB and advance the integrated e-procurement system. Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh said work in 2025 included digitising records, expanding bidders’ registration and increasing virtual tender openings.
The Procurement Act was also being reviewed to support digital bid submissions.
The shift could also reduce government’s reliance on newspaper advertisements. Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said in October 2025 that the Treasury spent nearly $800 million on newspaper advertisements in 2024 and that a central procurement website would allow tender notices to remain accessible throughout the bidding period. He said at the time that legislation would be amended to facilitate the change.
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