mjunction offering services for procurement of essentials amid lockdown

Kolkata, May 15 () mjunction Services Ltd, thecountry's largest B2B e-commerce firm, is offering itsservices for procurement of essential commodities across thecountry amid the lockdown, the company said.

"Our team of sourcing and procurement specialists arerising to the occasion, often braving multiple odds to ensurethat essential activities do not take a hit during thelockdown," mjunction MD Vinaya Varma said.

mjunction's procurement team has been working toensure that purchases and procurement for Bokaro GeneralHospital, IISCO Burnpur Hospital and JLN Hospital & ResearchCentre of SAIL happen without a glitch, he said.

"These include masks, medicines, sanitisers,ventilators and other essential items," the Tata Steel-SAILjoint venture company said.

It also processed a tender "in record time" to helpprocure five lakh masks, PPE kits and examination gloves forthe Chhattisgarh Medical Service Corporation Ltd.

Ever since the nationwide lockdown began, "mjunctionhas e-auctioned 5.5 lakh tonnes of food grains for FoodCorporation of India", the company said. BSMRBT RBT