Dynamics of a Decision Support System for Online Tendering

Abstract

In other to maximize the full potentials of information technology, both private and public establishments have been increasingly exploring and migrating manual processes into automated processes and the tendering system is not left out in these innovative migrations. This project work is aimed at developing an enhanced decision support system for online tendering which has helped to speed up decision making processes that improve the efficiency of the online tendering process. The specific objectives of this research work are to; Examine the current decision support system for the online tendering, design an enhanced decision support model for commercial bid evaluation in online tendering, Implement the enhanced decision support model for the online tendering and to evaluate the developed enhanced decision support model for the online tendering. The Object-Oriented Analysis and Design method has been used in the development of this project work with the unified modeling language (UML) diagrams used to explain the workability of the various objects of the system. All the modules of the developed system have worked according to specifications and design, and the system performed excellently well. The system has enhanced significantly the time taken to analyze and make decision cutting down cost of printing. Keywords: Decision Analysis, Data Integrity, Evaluation Model, Efficiency Levels, Technological Improvement, Managerial Processes