The Central Procurement Technical Unit (CPTU) plans to expand its structure to cover all the regulatory functions of National e-Government Procurement (e-GP) in the country, reports UNB.
"As per the current structure, CPTU is a wing of Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED). Considering huge upcoming activities of CPTU, plan to restructure it is justified," said CPTU Director General (DG) Md Faruque Hossain.
He also said public procurement regulatory authority exists in many countries of the world. Such an authority can deal with legal issues properly.
"The whole process is still at the initial stage, while consultant has been appointed to submit a report to this end."
The CPTU DG said to make public procurement sustainable, there is a need to ensure procurement life-cycle cost as well as to frame a disposal policy to dispose the government properties when required.
He mentioned that within the purview of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the country is supposed to establish sustainable public procurement, where economic, social and environmental issues are considered.
Mr Hossain said until 2nd November 2016, 59 ministries and divisions have been connected to e-GP system, and a total of 583 out of 1,233 procuring agencies have come under e-tendering process.
"By this December, all the procuring agencies are likely to be connected to e-GP. But in true sense it might take some more time to fully implement e-GP, because training is important. We have arrangement for e-GP capacity building."
He informed that development partners, like - ADB, the Netherlands, JICA, China, UNICEF and World Bank, have been able to observe the procurement process of their funded projects through e-GP.
The CPTU DG added that the organization has a plan to impart training to some 4,500 procurement officers by next June alongside some 4,000 tenderers.
He said an agreement has already been signed to expand e-GP server. The new server would be installed at Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) by this month with its mirror at CPTU.
According to official data, both the value and volume of tenders, invited through e-GP system in the country, doubled in the last fiscal year (FY), 2015-16.
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Quelle/Source: The Financial Express, 04.11.2016
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