Vortal awarded contract in the Czech Republic
Vortal Connecting Business, a leading electronic market operator, has signed a concession agreement with the Government of the Czech Republic for e-Procurement platform services over the next five years, totalling € 12,500,000.
This contract follows Vortal's invitation to submit a bid presenting its vortalGOV platform, indicated by the analyst company Gartner as one of the four most noteworthy public procurement platforms worldwide.
According to Miguel Sobral,Vice President of Vortal, "this is an important contract for the international development of Vortal in addition to providing a solid foundation to approach other Central European markets such as Germany, Hungary, Poland or Slovakia". Read more >
State-of-the-art of eTendering in the Czech Republic
Last February 23th, in Prague, Vortal made the launching of vortalGOV.cz, the Public eTendering Platform for the Czech Republic.
The event took place in a Conference about the new Public Procurement legislation in the country and the new mandatory adoption of Public eTendering after the 1st of April.
More than 150 people attended the Conference from 70 different contracting authorities, from Ministries to Municipalities, Health Sector, Education, Police, Public Companies, etc.
The event was also an exciting opportunity to listen some of the most well known experts in Public Procurement in the Country, and an opportunity to listen from other’s experience in Public eProcurement, with experts from Austria and Portugal.
Vortal recognized by Gartner in its report ‘Cool Vendors in Procurement Applications’
Recognition of the work being undertaken by Vortal in the contracting domain was highlighted in the first half of 2010 by Gartner in a report by Deborah R. Wilson: “Cool Vendors in Procurement Applications”*.
The renowned American analyst has referred to Vortal as one of three ‘Cool Vendors’ of reference in the world market in 2010. The companies mentioned in the report stand out for their innovation and impact on the market.
In this report Gartner spotlights Vortal as a company that knows how to meet vertical market challenges, providing solutions with a great degree of investment return, helping its Clients to reduce costs and generate business.
“Vortal has overcome the traditional challenges of the vertical industry e-marketplace by delivering a high return on investment (ROI) and delighting customers, whether or not they are investors.”
Deborah R. Wilson recommends, in this report, using this type of electronic contracting platforms.
