Hawaii Awards & Notices Data System (HANDS) Makes Procurement Process Easier
May 18 2018 - 5:22PM
Business Wire
HANDS Implements an API with the Hawaii
electronic Procurement System (HePS)
In November 2017, the Hawaii State Procurement Office (SPO)
launched the Hawaii Awards & Notices Data System (HANDS) at
https://hands.ehawaii.gov . HANDS is comprised of several exciting
functions but the most notable is its robust search functionality.
HANDS is designed to make it easier for vendors to view
opportunities from several procurement platforms through the use of
an Application Programming Interface (API). At launch, the HANDS
had already incorporated an API with the State of Hawaii
eProcurement System (HIePRO) with the intention of adding other
systems in the future.
“HANDS has replaced SPO’s old Procurement Awards and Notices
System (PANS). The old PANS system was on multiple
applications and will no longer be supported,” said Sarah Allen,
Administrator of the State of Hawaii Procurement Office. “One of
the big things we hope to accomplish with HANDS is to make
available to vendors and the general public a single place to look
for procurement notices,” Allen said.
We are proud to announce that on May 1, 2018, HANDS integrated
an API with the Hawaii electronic Procurement System (HePS).
Because of this implementation HANDS can now display online
solicitation and award notices for the Department of Education
(DOE) and University of Hawaii (UH). This collaboration is a huge
step in the right direction for vendors and the government. HANDS
has made it easier for vendors to find opportunities that would
have otherwise been cumbersome to track. Accessibility to
opportunities drives competition. Competition ultimately saves tax
payer money on the goods and services needed by the government.
The Hawaii State Procurement Office created the Hawaii Awards
& Notices Data System (HANDS) in partnership with Hawaii
Information Consortium, LLC, the official Internet portal manager
of eHawaii.gov.
About the Hawaii State Procurement Office
The goal of the Hawaii State Procurement Office is to promote
economy, efficiency, effectiveness, and impartiality in procurement
for State and county governments; and efficiency, effectiveness and
stewardship in inventory management and surplus property management
in an open, fair and transparent process.
About eHawaii.gov
The Hawaii Awards & Notices Data System (HANDS) was launched
as part of the eHawaii State Portal Program. Pursuant to chapter
27G, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the Portal Program is overseen by the
Access Hawaii Committee, which collaborates with provider Hawaii
Information Consortium (HIC) along with state and county agencies
to continually identify new online services to be added to the
portal. For more information, visit portal.ehawaii.gov.
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