Abstract
Within the framework of countries’ policies towards building a digital society that embraces new emerging information technologies, which have become of utmost importance at present the world is witnessing radical change in the emerging new technology. Governments throughout the world started the digital transformation and started employing emerging technologies tools. Governments realized that technology and digital data have become indispensable tools for government agencies. In this study, we review the current e-procurement system in the Kingdom of Bahrain and investigate its gap from the model suggested by the World Bank for Public Sector E-procurement system. Furthermore, this study reviews the current tendering process of the Bahrain Tender Board, identifying its digitalization level, and further exploring the opportunities in employing the digitalization technologies in the tendering process. This study is aimed to suggest improvements to Bahrain’s current e-procurement system, hence contributing to Bahrain’s government’s digital transformation strategy. Keywords: E-procurement, Digital transformation, Digitalization technologies, Procurement 4.0, Strategic planning, Artificial intelligence, Public Sector.
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