The corporate entities across the world prefer secured and wide access Tender Management System. Tender issuing authorities seek a secured mechanism for floating and receiving bids. A bidder too needs a secured and transparent mechanism through which he can participate in a bid from any part of the globe. The process of preparing tender notices and bid documents is very comprehensive and elaborate and is a very apt candidate for applying information technology and leveraging the power of the internet to reach out to a large section of bidders at a very affordable cost. Electronic tendering system is fast replacing the conventional tendering system.

Secure-T is a group of solutions for Electronic Tendering, a comprehensive service for various government departments and public sector undertakings, who are gradually adapting the internet for publishing their tenders, bid documents and now steadily resorting to online tendering. It is transparent. It is accessible 24 hours all over the globe.

Secure-T comes in two flavours, one for the tendering authorities and the other for bidders who can download the document and the software from the web site. Together, this offering is in line with the demands of authorities that require very high level of security for hosting tender notices and bid documents in the web. To get quality bidders, authorities are now leveraging the reach of the internet for government contracts. SECURE-T compliments these efforts in standardizing approach to this delivery mechanism of tender notices and bid documents to suit the requirements of tendering authorities.

Secure-T contains high security tamper-proof digital version of Bid Documents. The Bid Documents are embedded with watermark of LOGO with unique bar code and digitised signature of Tendering Authority. The System architecture is secured through PKI in conformance to Indian IT Act 2000.

	Data is submitted via internet through a Secured Socket Layer
	Submitted bids are accessible to only authorized personnel after the closing date & time of submission
	Database encrypted for maximum security
	Proprietary Client Application at the Tender issuing authority's PC to ensure security during uploading and downloading
	PKI enabled application architecture to ensure authentication, privacy and non-repudiation of data
	Security measures in conformance to the Indian IT Act 2000

Online Downloading and submission of Bid Documents

Secure-T offers bidders downloading, fill-up of bid documents and submission of the bids online.

Secure-T can easily integrate with the available Payment Gateway services so that the bidder can make payment of EMD online.

Secure-T protects the electronic bid document with signatures, barcodes and watermarks so that bidders cannot change any information in the original bid documents. The Tender issuing authority can generate an automated comparative chart of all the bids submitted through this software to get a comprehensive summary of the submitted bids. Secure-T also ensures bidders about fair play during opening of bid documents. Only the authorized person can open the bid documents through this software.

Time and Cost Savings

Secure-T is a solution that ensures both Tender issuing authorities and bidders time and cost savings. A Tender issuing authority need not make hefty advertisement budget to float tenders in different print-media. In fact, Secure-T ensures both a Tender issuing authority and a bidder a global reach. It ensures enhanced vendor participation through competitive and quality bid due to All India and global reach of the internet.

To participate in a conventional tendering process, a bidder runs from pillars to posts to collect bid documents, fill it up and submit consuming much of his precious time that he can otherwise spend for his business. With Secure-T solution, a bidder can bid sitting any place of his choice, in any part of the world, even while he is on a tour, get to know the details of concerned bid/bids, fill it up and submit them online after making necessary payment through Payment Gateway (Either Paying by Credit Card or Bank Transfer).

Secure-T Architecture

Secure-T is web-based. A normal web browser is all you need on your computer to access Secure-T.

Secured Web Server with industry standard Firewall and virus scanners and Digital Certificate.

Secure-T Application with 128 bit Hash and 56 bit encryption algorithm to secure Bid & Tender related data.

Block Diagram of Secure-T Architecture