1. UN/CEFACT FORUM Mexico April 7-11 2008 TBG6 india Update

2. TBG6 India Update Mexico Forum April 2008 E-tendering vs e-procurement Increasing tendency of public agencies to go for e-procurement as opposed to e-tendering. E-procurement expanding rapidly in Indian public sector. Blurring of lines with ERP systems Need for integration with legacy systems

3. TBG6 India Update Mexico Forum April 2008 Increasing sophistication of public procurement agencies Security as more than fraud protection: need for more granular audit trails Greater awareness of the need for standards and interoperability

4. TBG6 India Update Mexico Forum April 2008 The Bad News: delay of almost a year in UN/CEFACT standards implementation. The Good News: dedicated team to create new version of NexTenders system in parallel with existing versions. New system to be fully standards-compliant, modular browser independent and, to a reasonable extent, OS independent.

5. TBG6 India Update Mexico Forum April 2008 Questions? Sujeet Bhatt NexTenders (India Pvt. Ltd.) sujeet@nextenders.com