With the impact of the epidemic, more and more standards have been adoptedOnline biddingProceed in a way. Even if there is no epidemic, online bidding is a trend。Traditional offline bidding and bidding, there are uncontrollable opaque operations; supplier registration, qualification review, payment fees, etc. need to be on site, which brings inconvenience to suppliers and increases costs to the company; bidding documents need to be printed, mailed, etc.; paper documents need to be reviewed, and various processes need to be signed in person, etc., which has a long cycle and low efficiency. Under this situation, Baosteel Electronic Procurement and Trading Platform came into being.

Baosteel Electronic Procurement and Trading Platform is a specialized company for various industries such as Baotou Steel and Bidding Agency.hairElectronic bidding system，The system is based on the "Bidding Law of the People's Republic of China", follows the "Electronic Bidding Measures", complies with the national one-star certification standards, covers the entire process of electronic bidding business, and realizes the online process from procurement needs, procurement plans, bidding applications, price inquiries, and contract signing. Main functions include:Portal website, supplier management, bidding management, non-tender management, fee management, expert management, archive management.

The advantages of electronic procurement trading platforms are mainly reflected in the following points:

1. Fair deal, sunshine purchase: Reduce human interference and curb opaque operations.

2. Strengthen coordination and improve management: Suppliers have improved their supplier management level and expert database management through platform registration, review and payment of fees.

3. Reduce costs and save resources: Producing bid documents online and uploading bid documents greatly reduces the printing and mailing costs of printing bid documents.

4. Improve efficiency, convenience and speed: Various processes, approval is operated online, shortening the bidding cycle and effectively improving bidding efficiency.

Electronic procurement trading platformIt has realized the entire process of project registration, bidding document production, site appointment, tender announcement release, bid registration, clarification and Q&A, bid deposit payment and refund, bid document production, bid opening, entry registration, bid evaluation and bidding announcement, etc. With ERP and collaboration, business interaction is more convenient and fast. The following isComparison of work duration before and after using the platform：

along withElectronic procurement trading platformPromotion,Baotou Steel Bidding Center and Baotou Bidding Co., Ltd.The number of bidding business has increased dramatically, and the number of platform suppliers and transaction amounts have increased significantly. As of December 31, 2021, there were 17,160 registered platform suppliers, 11,719 bid sections in 2021, and the transaction amount in 2021 was 31.309 billion yuan, with a total transaction amount of 7552,256.05 million yuan. The following picture isBaosteel Electronic Trading Platform in 2021 is actually runningcondition：

Using the electronic procurement trading platform,Not only does the business volume increase rapidly, the management of bidding agencies is also more standardized, the work efficiency of bidder personnel is doubled, and the risks of supplier management are greatly reduced, which effectively reduces bidding costs, makes the procurement process more standardized and transparent, and achieves the purpose of "open, fair and fair" procurement management.