Over 10,00,000 Tenders Published Through IREPS e-Tendering Portal by Indian Railways

S. NO.	Financial Year	Tenders Published (Approx.)	% Increased (Approx.)
1.	2008 - 2009	9,000	---
2.	2009 - 2010	61,000	577.00%
3.	2010 - 2011	99,600	63.00%
4.	2011 - 2012	1,05,500	5.90%
5.	2012 - 2013	1,11,400	5.60%
6.	2013 - 2014	1,20,200	7.90%
7.	2014 - 2015	1,81,000	51.00%
8.	2015 - 2016	2,98,000	65.00%
9.	2016 - 2016 (May)	50,000	---
10.	2008 - 2016 (May)	10,35,700	---
Tenders Published (Approx.) = No. of Tenders Published in a Financial Year % Increased (Approx.) = Percentage Increase in No. of Published Tenders from Previous Year

Indian Railways e-Procurement System (IREPS) portal was launched in 2008 (25th August) for procurement of materials in Indian Railways through e-tendering. In May 2016, the no. of tenders published through IREPS portal has been crossed over 10,00,000 (10 Lakhs). Till FY 2013-2014 this portal was majorly being used by Stores Department of Indian Railways for e-procurement of materials and that time about 1.1 Lakhs tenders per year was being published through this portal. After that, Engineering Departments, Medical Departments, Works Department, Depots and Division of Indian Railways also added to this portal for procurement of materials.

If you see the data of last two Financial Years (2014-15 and 2015-16) then you will find that 2.4 Lakhs tenders per year are being published through Indian Railways e-Procurement System (IREPS) portal. It means on average 650 tenders per day is being published through IREPS portal and it is continuously increasing day by day.

Indian Railways e-Procurement System (IREPS) portal is not only for publishing the tenders by different Railway Zones and Production Units. When tender becomes published on this portal then registered vendors/bidders submit their financial bids online through this portal. Once tender becomes closed for bidding then Railway Officials open the tender through this portal.

Note: Above data collected from the data/statistics published on www.ireps.gov.in