New Delhi: The Department of Posts (DoP) has signed a Memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Government e-Marketplace (GeM) and CSC e-Governance Services India (CSC-SPV) for the advocacy, outreach, mobilization and capacity-building of last-mile government buyers, sellers and service providers in public procurement. The MoU was signed by PK Singh, CEO, GeM, Sanjay Kumar Rakesh, CEO, CSC-SPV and Ajay Kumar Roy, Chief General Manager, Parcel Directorate, Department of Posts here on May 18, 2022.

The MoU was conceived after the successful integration of GeM and India Post on 05th May 2022. With this integration, it is now possible for all Government buyers, sellers and service-providers to avail the logistics services and facilities over GeM through the India Post offices located in the remotest parts of India.  In addition, more than 1.3 lakh CSC outlets of DoP would facilitate onboarding of sellers on the GeM.

This tie-up between Department of Posts and GeM will enable sellers to opt for DoP services of pickup, booking, transmission and delivery from their profile page on GeM portal. Department of Posts has deployed seamless data exchange with all its customers through Application Programme Interface (API). The partnership between GeM and DoP involves integration of DoP and GeM system for seller registration in DoP system, Pincode validation, tariff calculation, pick-up, booking, barcode generation, Label generation, Cancellation of in-transit shipments and Tracking. 

Alok Sharma, Director General, Postal Services said that “the new partnership with GeM and CSC-SPV will propel India Post as the preferred logistics service provider for sellers on GeM portal thereby ensuring a high-quality of service and faster delivery of e-commerce benefits through last-mile physical connectivity, across 1.5 lakh+ India Post Offices.” The MoU will spur local value-chains through ‘Vocal for Local’ and ‘Make in India’ initiatives of the government, thereby furthering the aim of ensuring a self-reliant ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat.’ /BI/