1. Interoperable e- Procurement System for SMEs 28 October 2015, Paris

2. Purpose To develop an interoperable public electronic procurement (PeP) system which will provide an accountable, transparent and cost effective (in terms of money & time) for SMEs 28 OCTOBER 2015, PARIS

3. Objectives Transparency Change Management Interoperability Sustainability Public Private Partnership (PPP) Accountability 28 OCTOBER 2015, PARIS

4. Problem Facing Current PeP Systems It has been located that there are still some problems about the subjects listed below; Information sharing among the public organizations during the procurement is low level. SME participations are decentralized. Inadequacy of technical employees who are competent in creating exact reference documents for needs and evaluation of bids. Each country has unique in terms of local conditions and legal arrangements. There is no standardized among countries to provide cross border integration and wide range SMEs attendance. 28 OCTOBER 2015, PARIS

5. Our Approach to the Problem To ensure open competition in PeP for SMEs To be able to form consortiums, develop offers thus be able to compete with large scale organizations To be one of the pioneers to use supply chain management in public procurements To involve reverse logistic process for PeP system To increase transparency for SMEs To promote green procurement 28 OCTOBER 2015, PARIS

6. BeneficiariesBenefits/AdvantagesCommon Benefits Procurers (Government Organization) 1.SMEs Performance Monitoring 2.Rich set of digitalized product catalogue 3.Eliminate unrelated proposals 4.Contract Management 1.Time & Money saving 2.Sustainability 3.Transparent 4.Accountable Tenderers (Suppliers) 1.Open Competition 2.Easy control to Reverse Logistic 3.Encourage SME Contribution 28 OCTOBER 2015, PARIS Benefits

7. Interoperability Information Sharing Transparency Supply Chain Management Contract Management Performance Monitoring Reverse Logistics Sustainability Green Procurement Need Assessment Standardization Proposed PeP System 28 OCTOBER 2015, PARIS Conclusion

8. Thank you for your attention… 28 OCTOBER 2015, PARIS Assist. Prof. Dr. Meltem IMAMOGLU mimamoglu@thk.edu.tr