Re: e-procurement in Mauritius

From: S Moonesamy <sm+mu_at_elandsys.com>
Date: Sun, 04 Oct 2015 11:55:57 -0700

Hi Ish,
At 11:12 04-10-2015, Ish Sookun wrote:
>The platform runs on a software built by nextenders.com. The company
>mentions [1] a "major win" while referring to the Ministry of
>Finance and Economic Development, Government of Mauritius. The
>e-procurement website holds a "copyright" from Nextenders (India) Pvt. Ltd.

Thanks for sharing this. It is strange that a web site of the
Government of Mauritius has such a copyright notice.

[snip]

>I haven't had a look at the Nextenders software documentation &
>specs (if there are any). Is there anybody on the mailing list who
>has used the e-procurement service yet? Any feedback?

The system uses "digital certificates". The cost of a certificate
for two years is Rs 1495. The "standards" used for the "digital
certificates" are incorrect. I wonder what will happen if the
technology is discussed in court.

The web site looks like Java. :-) The system may still going through
testing as there are a few "DEMO" listed. The system requirements
for the user lists "Windows 7 / Windows 8 / Windows 10". It is nice
to see that OpenOffice is supported. I am interested in seeing what
people with a strong interest in Open Source will do about this. :-)

Regards,
S. Moonesamy
Received on Sun Oct 04 2015 - 18:56:37 PST