Digital Procurement Platform
Accelerating digital transformation of government procurement process
The Digital Procurement Platform (DPP) is a comprehensive system that digitalises the procurement process across the UAE federal entities. Developed by the Ministry of Finance, it brings together the federal entities and registered suppliers on a single platform, where all the stages of the procurement process including announcement, bidding and following up on tenders, placing purchase orders, and generating invoices, can be completed online. The platform is part of the UAE leadership’s vision to support the digital transformation of procurement across the federal entities.
- Provides an easy and simple user experience
- Introduces a new concept of government procurement by creating a catalogue of the commonly procured items goods and services by the federal entities
- Reduces procurement process time from 60 days to 6 minutes (through catalogue ordering)
- Enhances government spending efficiency by signing agreements with suppliers to ensure the best prices, and quality of the goods and services provided
- Encourages and enhances participation of SMEs in the procurement process
Digital Procurement Platform Benefits
Catalogue
A new procurement concept that reduces the procurement process time. Buyers can choose the product based on a pre-defined agreement with the supplier under a pre-contract with the supplier, add it to the shopping cart and submit their request to obtain thefor necessary approvals
Framework agreements with suppliers
The Ministry of Finance signed framework agreements with suppliers to ensure fixed prices and to provide the federal government with high quality products and services, adding them to the catalogue without the need for entities to go through the tendering processs
Flexible Procurement Policy
A new procurement policy based on international benchmarking and best practices adopted by leading countries in the field of digital procurement
Reporting feature
DPP integrates all data related to procurement and supplier performance, ensuring the highest levels of budget transparency and control
DPP Catalogue Categories
- Water
- Stationery
- Security Services
- Catering Services
- Cleaning services and consumables
- Mail and courier
- Printers
- Laptops
- Pantry items
- Kitchenware
- Office servers
- Desktop printers
- Office furniture
- General printing
- FM soft services
- FM electrical goods
- Hospitality and events
- Gifts
Businesses that can register as federal suppliers
- Local businesses
- International businesses
- Free zone companies
- SANAA Productive family
- National SMEs
- Freelancers
SMEs Get Exclusive Privileges on Digital Procurement Platform
- SMEs get 10% of purchases by monitoring their spending percentage on an annual basis
- During the evaluation process, 10% is added while calculating the final score for SMEs
- ‘SMEs’ logo will be added to the platform
- Long-term contracts to supply services and product
- Exempted from submitting a Performance Bond. Instead a retention amount will be deducted from their initial invoices