ISSN: 2704-4785 Diverse Journal of Computer and Information Sciences (DJCIS) Volume 2, Issue 3, November 2020 1 www.diverseresearchjournals.com | info@diverseresearchjournals.com Decision Engine in e-GP Access Model: An Engineering Approach Md. Ashek Al-Aziz 1* and Abdullahil Azeem 2 1 Department of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Development Alternative (UODA), 80, Satmosjid Road, Dhanmondi, Dhaka-1209, Bangladesh 2 Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh * Corresponding author: ashek3000@gmail.com [Cite as: Al-Aziz, A., and Azeem, A. (2020). Decision Engine in e-GP Access Model: An Engineering Approach. Diverse Journal of Computer and Information Sciences, Vol. 2, Issue 3, Pages 1-10.] Abstract – e-GP Access model is the biggest milestone in the history of public procurement. e-GP Access is a globally accepted procurement model introduced by World Bank which has been implemented in different countries to establish more clarity in public procurement. Unbiased consensus decision is a mandatory prerequisite of a free and fair decision making in a public procurement with the presence of all the parties and entities involved in practicing procurement. In this work, a Decision Engine has been incorporated in e- GP Access to make this model rather engineered than policy framed. Four subsystems of Decision Engine – Risk Identifier, Bidder Selector, Procurement Maturity Identifier and Anti Spam wire with Security mechanism are outlined grabbed from various scientific works. This model has been turned into an e- Marketplace based model from G2B type. Keywords: e-GP Access, Public Procurement, Risk, Bidder Selection, Procurement Maturity, Fuzzy MCDM, e-Marketplace 1. INTRODUCTION Procurement is a mandatory practice as a requirement for running operations in both Public and Private sectors. Huge variety of commodities, equipment and services are procured by government agencies. The researchers would not be concerned in simple purchase cases. The scenario is so important where the purchase involves the minimization of cost in a business, effective for people and society even maximizing the benefit of the target people and operations of the business. Such requirement of optimization has caught our attention into the method of practice of procurement. In our local context, the scenario is more disastrous where no transparency is found in public sector. The aim of this work is to suggest mathematical models to incorporate the subsystems of decision engine in e-GP Access model and turn this policy- based model into an engineering model for easy implementation or outlining a programming platform to develop software-based solution which will make this model a third party-based e- marketplace model rather Government to Business (G2B). 2. BACKGROUND Government of Peoples’ Republic of Bangladesh (GoB) tried to establish a foundation for fulfilling the right to know the information for her people and establish the way to avoid the rough practice of biasing in public procurement process by muscle power and being biased for personal interest that produce corruption and malpractices which are not unknown in local society. Bangladesh took the first initiative in the year of 2009 through the act of Right to Information (RTI). For implementation of this act, Government took a project named Access to Information (A2I). The responsibility of A2I is to promote e-Governance by means of automation, informationization and transformation, which all are also required for successful e-procurement practice as stated by Murad (2010). This was a great event but there existed a long journey behind it.