The E-tendering process starts from sending the invitation to participate up until the submission of responses by vendors. The UN Secretariat is managing solicitations through the Ariba E-tendering solution. The main objectives we are seeking to accomplish are efficiency gains, reduced printing and storage requirements, increased competition, anytime-anywhere participation in solicitations by our vendors, more time for vendors to prepare tenders, enhanced internal controls, process automation and advanced reporting. UNPD wants to take advantage of web-based technology and provide its vendors with the possibility to submit Bids and Proposals in a convenient and secure electronic manner. This is an integral part of the Procurement process.

If we ever did have an issue though, OpenText is incredibly responsive so it is a great partnership from that standpoint.The United Nations Procurement Division (UNPD) utilizes the Ariba E-tendering solution to facilitate the electronic submission of solicitations from its suppliers. It works well and we don't tend to have issues.

I think that one of the best things I can do to summarize how I think about it is that this isn't something I have to think about a great deal. The reliability and availability of the OpenText Alloy platform is incredibly important to us.

OpenText platform provides availability, reliability and uptime to ensure mission critical operations SAP Ariba SAP Ariba leverages OpenText Alloy to provide simple, reliable integrations to non-SAP customers

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