GeM vs MSTC vs IREPS: Which Portal Should You Register On

These three portals serve different procurement purposes, and for many businesses, the right answer is more than one of them rather than picking just one.

GeM is the broad, general-purpose government procurement marketplace covering products, services, and works across virtually all departments — the widest reach for most standard offerings.

MSTC specializes in e-auctions — scrap, coal, mining assets, PSU asset disposal, and similar auction-based categories, which is a fundamentally different transaction model from GeM's catalog/bid structure.

IREPS is specific to Indian Railways procurement — vendor registration, works and supply tenders, and railway-specific scrap e-auctions — relevant if railway-related business is part of your target market.

A trader in scrap materials, for instance, might reasonably register on both MSTC and IREPS; a general goods/services supplier is more likely to focus primarily on GeM.

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