To enhance efficiency, transparency, accountability and competition in public procurement the government is pledge-bound to implement electronic government procurement (e-GP) in all its procuring agencies and entities.
In line with government's vision for Digital Bangladesh, the Central Procurement Technical Unit (CPTU) of Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division, Ministry of Planning, has been implementing e-GP with support from World Bank under the Public Procurement Reform Project -II.
The Director General of CPTU, Md Faruque Hossain, in an interview with The Financial Express (FE) shared details about the prospects and constraints in bringing the entire tendering process of the government under the e-GP system.
He said commercial banks, among others, can play a vital role in taking e-GP forward as tenderers, who are always in a hurry, rush to banks to submit fees to participate in tender under e-GP system.
The excerpts of the interview on Page-7