Public Procurement TOTAL MARKS 30 Question No 1 Marks 15 There are several calamities taking place all of a sudden, like war, severe floods, cyclone, earthquake, spread of major epidemic etc, which would disrupt the supply chain resulting intoacute material Shortage stock out finished goods etc. In such circumstances different organisations adapt different approaches, considering the span of disruptions, to ensure proper integrations between the flow of goods, financial resources & multiple information to improve the vulnerability of the supply chain. The flexibilities can be achieved by keeping some reserve resources in case of disruptions, using multiple number of suppliers & resorting to lower capacity utilisation levels. There could be increasing trend of outsourcing of production o even other countries. This would achieve positive cost effects & strategic goals of suppliers for improving supply chain efficiencies. DURING OUTBREAK OF COVID 19, public procurement of drugs has been handled by the Indian Government diligently. India helped various nations by providing them with the required drugs to fight with the pandemic. Indian Govt. has started the service of offering portals where in all real time updates & information related to beds & number of cases are provided in order to connect prospective buyers with the suppliers of essential commodities. The Govt. also managed the shortage of masks, sanitizers at the initial stages, only by procuring & manufacturing the essential masks & sanitizers at the initial stages itself to prevent COVID 19. Questions: 1. What resilience strategies should be suggested in such cases? 2. How did Indian Govt. handle Public procurement of drugs successfully during this outbreak of Covid 19? 3. How the service offering portals "by the Indian Govt. helped suppliers?