Research Trends on e-Tendering Implementation - A Systematic Literature Review (SLR)

The tender process in the modern era is supported by an electronic tender system called e-tendering. E-tendering offers the advantage of being more efficient compared to the traditional tender process. However, the e-tendering system is not free from problems, one of these points is that it becomes susceptible to security risks unless it is incorporated into both the design and implementation of the system. So, based on this, the need for literature to study research trends in the application of e-tendering technology is urgently needed to find out the problems or security challenges faced by the technological solutions used. This study examines research trends related to e-tendering in 2019–2023 that need to be correctly identified using the Systematic Literature Review (SLR) method. With the SLR method, research will be determined using keywords in searches sourced from the digital libraries, namely IEEE eXplore and ACM Digital Library. Based on the specified inclusion and exclusion criteria, 20 papers have been selected from 167 papers for investigation. The literature results show that research trends in this field continue to grow, and blockchain is the latest technology developing and used in the e-tendering system. The results of this study can be used as a guide by researchers and other readers to see current research trends.