The Government e-Marketplace (GEM) is a centralized platform initiated by the Department of Commerce to enhance transparency in public procurement. It allows government entities to procure goods and services through various methods, including direct purchase and bidding, while offering unique features like price comparisons and minimum discounts. GEM has launched services such as taxi and security, aimed at digitizing and streamlining procurement processes across government departments.

1. PRESENTATION ON
GOVERNMENT -e-MARKETPLACE (GeM)
PROCUREMENT MADE SMART
A DEPT OF COMMERCE INITIATIVE 1

2. To carry forward highest standards of transparency set by my
Government, public procurement has been brought under a
single platform- Government e-Marketplace (GeM)
- Hon’ble President in his address to the joint
session of the Parliament on 31st January 2017

3. What is GeM ?
An end to end , Government-e-Market Place
hosted by DGS&D where common user goods
and services can be procured by various
government organizations.
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4. How does it work ?
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• Direct Purchase
• L1 Purchase
• Bidding
• Reverse Auction
Branch of Government Organisation
/ PSU / Autonomous Bodies / Local
Bodies / Constitution Bodies /
Statutory Bodies
Seller
Service Provider
Managed & Administration

5. Key Features

6. Benefits

7. What makes GeM Unique?
• Compare Last Procurement Price.
• Comparison with other e-commerce price.
• Price Holding for 5 days.
• Minimum 10% discount for government.
• Quantity based discount
• Free delivery at consignee location.
• Special discount for Defence
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GeM:
PRESENT
STATUS
Services launched with
Scanning Digitisation,
Security Services & Taxi
Services with OLA & Uber
GeM portal now
operational-paperless,
configurable and fully
tractable. Development
from April to July. Formally
launch on 9 August 2016
Integration with SBI. PFMS
gateway linkage
substantially completed.

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GeM: INCLUSION OF SERVICES
Each
Department/Mi
nistry
individually
outsources
services like taxi,
facility
management, IT
services,
manpower, etc.
These are
contracted
manually and
repetitively with
non-
standardized
Service Level
Agreements
(SLA)
Hiring of taxi
service
introduced
in GeM:
online and
with
standard SLA
New features
of Regular,
spot and
leasing also
added
Spot hiring
provides low
cost and
convenient
option to
Government
officials
Features of
SLA, online
automatic log
book
generation.

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(https://gem.gov.in)

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