Towards secure and legal e-tendering
(2006) Towards secure and legal e-tendering. Journal of Information Technology in Construction (ITcon) 11:pp. 89-102.
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Abstract
Tendering processes are considered to be a suitable mechanism for governments to fairly assign contracts for construction projects and procurement. The demand for efficiencies to be created in the process has resulted in a significant number of governments implementing e-tendering systems. E-tendering systems generally involve the submission of tender offer documents to a secure system hosted by the government (principal). An electronic environment presents obvious opportunities for collusion between principal and certain tenderers, fraud by tenderers and a minefield of legal uncertainties for fuelling protracted disputes. Critical examination of the security and legal requirements for e-tendering systems does not appear in the current literature. This paper identifies key security and legal issues to be addressed in the design of e-tendering systems, which may be included in e-procurement software, and proposes a new e-tendering architecture, using distributed trusted third parties which may be suitable for secure large scale operations such as the construction industry.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| RM Number: | 2007001029 |
| Status: | Published |
| Subjects: | 390000 Law, Justice and Law Enforcement > 390100 Law > 390104 Commercial and Contract Law |
| ID Code: | 6559 |
| Deposited By: | Christensen, Sharon A |
| Deposited On: | 16 March 2007 |
| Alternative Locations: | http://www.itcon.org/data/works/att/2006_7.content.06035.pdf, http://www.itcon.org/cgi-bin/works/Show?2006_7 |
| Copyright Owner: | Copyright 2006 (please consult the authors) |
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