Governments objective is not only cost efficiency but also obtaining the best value-for-money because of a high impact of public procurement on the market and the society.
Commonly discussed benefits of the eProcurement in the public sector are as follows: The term of the Electronic Public Procurement can be defined as the usage of e-Government platform over the electronic resources (Internet and Web-based applications) to conduct transactions for purchasing the products and services from suppliers to authority's buyers.
[6] In 2024, the DBM launched the eMarketplace, a section on the PhilGEPS website that allows government agencies and other procuring entities to directly purchase private goods from verified suppliers.
[6] The Philippine Daily Inquirer criticized the launch of digital products such as PhilGEPS and its corresponding eMarketplace section as insufficient in minimizing corruption, pointing to the Pharmally scandal and the controversy on the procurement of laptops by the Department of Education.
[9] For instance, the Bundesrechnungshof admonished that the German Defense Ministry procured 84% of its goods and services outside of its designated e-procurement system in 2013.