Factors Affecting the Use of E-Government Services by Companies: An Application on EKAP

Effective use of information communication technologies is crucial in making public procurements more transparent, fair, reliable, accountable, fast, and competitive In this context, electronic public procurement platform (EKAP) is one of Turkey's most important e-government projects. With the project, labor, time and resources are saved every year in serious numbersIn order for the benefits expected from the system to be high, it is not enough that the technological infrastructure is strong. However, more willing people need to adopt the system. The purpose of this study is to determine the factors that affect the firm’s adoption of system. In this context, these factors were investigated within the framework of technology acceptance model. The collected data from 800 companies in the TR90 region were analyzed by structural equation model. As a result of the research, it has been determined that perceived usefulness, online trust and trust in the state are effective in firm’s adopting of EKA