Published: August 1, 2025
MONROVIA — The Public Procurement and Concessions Commission (PPCC) has launched a two-day awareness and capacity-building session to educate Liberian businesses on accessing government contracts through the country’s new Electronic Government Procurement (e-GP) System.
Held at the PPCC’s training hall on Capitol Hill, near the Executive Mansion, the training seeks to sensitize business owners and operators to the system’s operational requirements and benefits, ahead of a nationwide scale-up.
In his opening remarks, PPCC Executive Director Bodger Scott Johnson outlined the e-GP system’s transformative potential. He emphasized that businesses must be enrolled in the platform to remain eligible for government contracts.
“Unless a business is registered on the e-GP platform, it will be difficult to participate in public procurement,” Johnson said.
The e-GP platform, formally launched in February 2025, is a digital procurement system designed to enhance transparency, reduce corruption, and improve efficiency in how government entities manage procurement processes.
So far, six high-value procuring entities have been onboarded as part of a pilot phase. All procurement transactions for those institutions are now fully conducted through the e-GP platform with minimal human interaction—marking a shift away from Liberia’s historically paper-based and corruption-prone system.
Johnson noted that 50 additional ministries, agencies, commissions, and state-owned enterprises will be added to the e-GP platform before the end of 2025. Going forward, he said, no government procurement will take place outside the system.
“This is a complete game-changer for public procurement in Liberia,” he told participants. “We are now moving toward a more open and accountable process.”
The training session aims not only to educate participants on how to use the system, but also to build their technical capacity, enabling more equitable access to public tenders. The program aligns with broader national efforts to expand local business participation in the economy through fair competition and digital inclusion.
Nearly 100 participants attended the July 31 session, representing sectors including catering, stationery and supplies, construction, consultancy, and vehicle sales. A similar turnout is expected for the second session, scheduled for Friday, August 1.
The PPCC said additional outreach events are planned across the country as it works to mainstream the e-GP system nationwide.
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