A local tech company is the first to be awarded a contract with the B.C. government using a new process that makes it both easier and more efficient to do business with the government.
FreshWorks Studio Inc. B次元官网网址� the brainchild of co-founder and CEO Sam Mod and his business partner Rohit Boolchandani B次元官网网址� was awarded a $1.5-million contract using Sprint With Us, a two-month-old program designed by B.C. tech firms to modernize the governmentB次元官网网址檚 procurement system.
B次元官网网址淧rocurement is about spending peopleB次元官网网址檚 money and I think if weB次元官网网址檙e spending peopleB次元官网网址檚 money, it should be benefiting the people of British Columbia,B次元官网网址� said Minister of CitizensB次元官网网址� Services Jinny Sims.
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The new process helps to support small and fast-growing businesses, she explained, by B次元官网网址渓evelling the playing field.B次元官网网址� Previously, companies of all sizes were using the same system, causing significant delays.
B次元官网网址淭he magic of it for me is that the government can act on anything in 17 days,B次元官网网址� Sims said, pointing to the new time frame in which the system has yielded results.
| Sam Mod, founder and CEO of FreshWorks. Kristyn Anthony/VICTORIA NEWS |
B.C.B次元官网网址檚 procurement system allows for the province to purchase goods and services through B.C. Bid.
Procurement is a B次元官网网址渧ery convoluted affair,B次元官网网址� Sims admitted, calling B.C. Bid B次元官网网址渁 nightmareB次元官网网址� to navigate. The new system is entirely digital, B次元官网网址渇ar more agileB次元官网网址� and reduces the cost for businesses submitting a contract proposal from $25,000 in some cases, to $2,000.
B次元官网网址淲e knew the big companies that we were up against,B次元官网网址� said Mod, a UVic graduate who came to Canada from India to study for an MBA. B次元官网网址淎nd the fact that we were able to win this contract makes us believe even more in our skills, and our abilities to do more of that in the future and work more with the government.B次元官网网址�
We are jumping with joy at recieving the first contract ever using . This new process that makes it simpler and faster for companies to do business with government!
B次元官网网址� FreshWorks Studio (@FreshWorksApps)
FreshWorks, specializing in website and app development, began as a team of three in 2016 and has grown to employ 49 people with current job postings for 12 more in its offices in Victoria, Vancouver and Seattle.
This contract B次元官网网址� to manage the database for the Ministry of Energy and Mines B次元官网网址� will allow FreshWorks to continue to grow in Victoria, attracting talent from across the country, Mod said.
B次元官网网址淲ith the government playing this kind of a role, that can go a long way to us being the new epicentre for the new technologies,B次元官网网址� Sims said.
