SIXTH SOUTH ASIA REGION PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CONFERENCE THIMPHU, BHUTAN PROFESSIONALIZATION OF PROCUREMENT FOR BETTER OUTCOME JAMYANG DEMA PROCUREMENT OFFICER GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT DIVISION

Outline Reform initiatives for professionalization Institutional partner in Professionalization Professionalization and Capacity Building Procurement Cadre Institutional Arrangement Challenges Way forward

“ People should be treated as asset not commodity”

Reform Initiatives for Professionalization Institutional Capacity Building Project for Procurement (ICBPP) Introduction of a procurement cadre in the civil service Terms of Reference for Procurement Officers Training/sensitization program for Committee members and relevant officials

Outcomes of ICBPP Procurement Qualification and competency framework developed Procurement module developed and delivered in PGDFM course for pre-service candidates by RIM Certificate in Procurement Compliance developed and recognized as CIPS Level 3 equivalent Royal Institute of Management (RIM) established as CIPS Exam center 4 officials fast tracked to MCIPS qualification ( RIM, RUB, GPPMD)

Institution partner in Professionalization Royal Institute of Management (RIM) was one of the stakeholders in the ICBPP Project Delivery of Certificate in Procurement Compliance Training Delivery of Procurement module in PGDFM course CIPS Exam Centre

Professionalization and Capacity Building CIPS Qualification for Procurement Officers: Total MCIPS- 6 officials Sl. No Year Level of certification No 1 2010 CIPS Level 5, Advanced Diploma in Procurement and Supply 3 2 2016 CIPS level 4, Diploma in Procurement and Supply 20 2017 30 4 2018 CIPS level 5, Advanced Diploma in Procurement and Supply 26 5 2019 CIPS Level 6, Professional Diploma in Procurement and Supply 11

Professionalization and Capacity Building In country training on Certificate in Procurement Compliance short term Training for procurement officers in public procurement CIPS program Scholarship for long term (Master in Supply Chain Management, Procurement) Scholarship for short term training Sensitization program for the Procurement Officers Induction program for new Procurement Officers

Professionalization and Capacity Building Royal Government of Bhutan World Bank Asian Development Bank Government of India Free Tuition Support from William.J.Tipping Director, Professional Procurement and Contract Services Ltd, United Kingdom

The 2019 “MCIPS” cohort

Procurement Cadre Introduced Procurement cadre in 2006 ToR for Procurement officers broadened in 2016 ToR includes among other things, market research, requirement of CIPS or other procurement qualifications at various position levels in the procurement cadre Procurement officers selected through RCSC exam and after one year PFDFM course in RIM which includes a unit exclusively focused on RGoB Procurement Before joining office, new Procurement Officers are given a month’s induction course on RGoB procurement by the GPPMD Competency framework being drafted

Institutional Arrangement GPPMD( erstwhile PPPD ) was established with support from World Bank and ADB in 2008 MoF identified as a parent organization for the procurement cadre in 2010 at least one designated procurement officer placed in all Ministries and Districts Independent Review Body to address Procurement Grievances

Challenges Lack of funding support Sustainability of CIPS program and long term training Retention of staffs

Way Forward Continuation of CIPS Qualification CIPS Level 4 Program planned in November, 2019 Institutionalization of Procurement sensitization program for the Procurement Officers

“ Happy bees make more honey”

Tashi Delek