Central Public Procurement Portal
Also called: CPP Portal, CPPP, eProcure · Topic: Transparency, Accountability and e-Governance · NCERT: Beyond NCERT
Meaning
The Central Public Procurement Portal (CPP Portal) is the Union government's website for public tenders. A tender is a public invitation to firms to offer to supply goods, works or services. On the portal, central ministries and departments publish their tenders, and firms send in their bids online instead of on paper. Because the tender, its rules and its stages are posted openly, anyone can see them. This leaves officials less room to favour one firm. The portal is part of e-governance, which means using information technology to run government's work.
Example
In 2026 the Ministry of Heavy Industries ran a global tender on the CPP Portal for 10 GWh of battery-cell factory capacity. Bids were checked online in two stages under Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS), where quality counts along with price. Technical bids were opened on 11 November 2026 with the bidders present.
Don't confuse with
- Government e-Marketplace (GeM): GeM (9 August 2016) is an online shop where government offices buy goods and services from listed sellers, and GFR 2017 r.149 makes its use mandatory. The CPP Portal is where departments post tenders and collect formal bids for large or special contracts.