BPPA hosts consultation on PPR revision

As part of the process of a series of consultations with the stakeholders on the revision of Public Procurement Rules, 2008, the Bangladesh Public Procurement Authority (BPPA) has started field-level consultations in districts and upazilas.

Two such consultation workshops were held in Rangpur district sadar and Saidpur upazila on Thursday. Md Kamal Uddin, Secretary, Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED), Ministry of Planning, attended at the workshops as the chief guest. Chief Executive Officer (Additional Secretary) of the BPPA, SM Moin Uddin Ahmed, spoke as the special guest, says a press statement.

Consultations in three more districts and three more hospitals have also been planned.

In Rangpur, the workshop was held at the conference room of the Office of the Deputy Commissioner, with DC Muhammad Rabiul Faisal in the chair. Md Ashraful Islam, Additional Divisional Commissioner (Revenue), was present as the special guest.

While speaking at the workshop, IMED secretary said the PPA, 2006 has been amended and in line with this, revision of PPR, 2008 is required. "For this, we are working on it and consulting with all stakeholders. As part of this, we are arranging field-level consultation workshops to receive feedbacks and recommendations from the grassroots level."

BPPA CEO said BPPA is organising workshops to share the proposals on revision of PPR, 2008 to elicit opinions.

Giving reference to the proposals, he said too many amendments have been proposed, so it would be better to formulate PPR, 2025 anew with approval from the adviser.

Highlighting the PPA, 2006 (Amendment), he said e-GP has already been made mandatory and those who want to conduct manual procurement for a limited period would have to seek approval from the BPPA.

Shah Eyamin-Ul Islam, Director (Deputy Secretary), BPPA, made a presentation on proposals of amendment to PPR, 2008 while Muhammad Hafizur Rahaman, senior programmer, BPPA, gave a presentation on e-GP.

Representatives from different procuring entities, tenderers, bankers, civil society members attended the workshops. Bangladesh Centre for Communication Programmes (BCCP) managed the workshops.

BPPA has already consulted on PPR revision with technical working group (TWG), selected public sector organizations (SPSOs), national procurement trainers and representatives from different ministries. More are planned with tenderers and women entrepreneurs.

BPPA is committed to making the revision process inclusive and comprehensive in two months. The Public Procurement (Amendment) Ordinance 2025 was published on May 4, 2025.