New Information Technology System for PanamaCompra

With an investment of $3 million, the State’s Director of Procurements intends to launch PanamaCompra version 2.0 by mid-2009.

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Since its implementation 27 months ago, there have been over 180 thousand procurements in which some 13 thousand companies participated for an amount over $2.2 billion.

Laestrella.com.pa reported the statements of the director general of public procurements, Edilberto Ruiz: "This new version consists of the automation of public procurements and the implementation of electronic commerce tools. The State’s procurement system has received a 'radical transformation'."

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