4 govt agencies succeed in e-procurement
Four key government agencies have successfully completed piloting of electronic government procurement (e-GP) at identified procuring entities, said a World Bank release yesterday.
The agencies are Roads and Highways Department, Local Government Engineering Department, Rural Electrification Board and Bangladesh Water Development Board.
Now, electronic procurement is set to be rolled out at a much wider scale in these agencies, in a step towards bringing more transparency and accountability in the public procurement system.
These agencies are also piloting procurement performance monitoring system, the release said.
The World Bank (WB) is supporting Bangladesh to introduce electronic public procurement through Public Procurement Reform Project (PPRP II).
A WB team recently reviewed the status of PPRP II and noted that the project is progressing well with positive contributions towards improving transparency and competitiveness of the system.
The WB has provided $24 million concessionary interest-free credit for the project which will be completed in March 2013. Over 80 percent of the committed amount has already been disbursed.
The Central Procurement Technical Unit (CPTU) under the Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division of the government has been implementing the project in coordination with the four key agencies.
The WB team highlighted the need for strengthening CPTU with adequate staffing and enhancing efforts for expeditious rolling out of e-GP and procurement monitoring at the four agencies.
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