e-GP vital for accelerating development: Speakers

There is a need for utilising various methods incorporated by the Central Procurement Technical Unit (CPTU) in the e-Government Procurement (e-GP) system, as this ensures proper use of public money and accelerates sustainable development of Bangladesh.

Md Sahiduzzaman, district commissioner and district magistrate of Khagrachari Hill District, made the comment on Thursday at a workshop of Government-Tenderers Forum (GTF) of Khagrachari Hill District.

The workshop was organised by the CPTU under the Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Department (IMED) of the Ministry of Planning, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh.

Md Sahiduzzaman spoke as the chief guest on the occasion. Senior System Analyst of CPTU Md Mosharraf Hossain presided over the workshop held at the office of Deputy Commissioner, Khagrachari.

The workshop was organised with the support of Bangladesh Center for Communication Program (BCCP) under CPTU's Digitizing Implementation Monitoring and Public Procurement Project (DIMAPP) funded by the World Bank.

BCCP Program Director Dr Zeenat Sultana delivered the welcome speech and made a presentation about GTF at the workshop. BCCP’s program manager Md. Abdus Salam conducted the workshop.

Responding to various queries from tenderers and others, Md Mosharraf Hussain assured that the CPTU is working to overcome the challenges by incorporating the recommendations of all stakeholders to make the e-GP more effective.

He said the workshop would further update and activate the existing GTF Committee and help strengthen cooperation between procuring agencies and tenderers and speed up development activities.

More than 70 participants including representatives of government procurement entities and tenderers, members of civil society and journalists participated in the workshop.