E-procurement reference model for small government department

E-procurement or Internet-based procurement system is the system that let buyers combine catalogs from several suppliers, check the availability of items, place and track orders and initiate payment via the Internet.At present, most Internet-based procurement systems are still in a very early stage and most importantly, there is no system available to implement e-procurement system especially tailored toward the requirements of small government departments.In order to support the procurement activities through the Internet, this paper provides a reference model for e-procurement system aimed specially at the requirements of small government departments.Development of the reference model is important so that it can provide guidelines and serve as a good starting point to understand user’s and system’s requirements and assist system development in a particular industry