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Easier access to ePerolehan with new token. |
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Monday, 25 June 2007 |
CYBERJAYA, 25 June (The Star) -- Government suppliers will soon find it easier to certify their procurement transactions made through the electronic procurement portal, ePerolehan.
From August, suppliers will only need a flashdrive, called an ePXS token, to verify procurement documents at the portal. ePXS is short for ePerolehan Access.
The token will allow vendors and suppliers to certify their transactions from any computer easily.
Datuk Azizan Ayob, executive director of Commerce Dot Com Sdn Bhd — the company that manages the ePerolehan portal — said vendors and suppliers currently need to use a MyeP smartcard and a reader to certify transactions over the portal.
For the devices to work, a program also needs to be installed on each computer that accesses the portal, affecting portability.
"The ePXS token is more portable and convenient, compared to the card reader and is as easy as plug-and-play," Azizan said.
The ePXS function is guarded by a PIN (personal identification number) and is useless until the number is entered.
If suppliers lose the flashdrive, they will need to purchase a new one from Commerce Dot Com.
No penalty fee will be charged, said Azizan.
He said the device is also the cheaper method to certify transactions over ePerolehan.
"It works out to be about 40% cheaper than the current RM310 that suppliers pay for the MyeP smartcard and its reader, but we cannot confirm the price at this moment," he said.
The ePXS token is part of Commerce Dot Com's effort to popularise the use of ePerolehan, he said.
Since it was introduced in 2002 to simplify government procurement processes, RM2bil worth of transactions have been completed over the portal up till now.
Azizan expects to push the number of transactions carried out over ePerolehan to the RM3.5bil mark this year.
"And by 2010, we hope to see RM10bil worth of procurement transactions carried out through ePerolehan," he said.
He said a simpler and more userfriendly solution such as ePXS could help achieve this.
According to him, a recent mandatory ruling from the Government to all its departments to use ePerolehan will help further boost the use of the portal.
"We anticipate an increase now that all government departments are required to use ePerolehan," Azizan said.
Commerce Dot Com will work together with digital signature specialists MSC Trustgate.Com Sdn Bhd and Soft Key E-Solution Sdn Bhd to develop the ePXS token.
There are more than 70,000 active suppliers using ePerolehan to date. — JO TIMBUONG |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 18 January 2008 )
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