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Business booms despite pandemic Pioneering venture automates procurement process with over 30 high profile buyer companies Web portal eases COVID-19 disruptions for over 3,000 registered suppliers A bold new venture seeks to revolutionise Sri Lanka’s tender and procurement system by automating the buyer-seller experience and easing the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.  The website www.greentape.lk is Sri Lanka’s online procuring platform that offers a certified and verified vendor base. The platform which aims to create a level playing field for procurement in the country was launched in November 2020. Within a short time span it is already serving a base of over 30 high profile buyer companies.  They have successfully concluded more than 700 tenders amounting to some half a billion rupees in business for over 3,000 registered suppliers. The suppliers comprise a good cross-section from very small to large businesses and also businesses from overseas. AVM Chairman Nissanka Weerasekera ...