1. Forth South Asia Regional Public Procurement Conference 2017
E-GP in South Asia
Achievements, Opportunities and Challenges 
Country Presentation: Bangladesh

2. Outline of Presentation
Modernization of Public Procurement(e-GP)
Legal Framework in Public Procurement
Capacity Building and Institutionalization
Civic Engagement in Procurement Monitoring
Achievements, Opportunities and Challenges 2

3. e-GP: By LAW (PPA) Section 65: e- Government Procurement
For carrying out the purposes of this Act, any or all government procurement under this Act may be undertaken using electronic processing system.
The electronic processing system and the principles governing such system shall be prescribed by the Government.
Explanation: For the purposes of this Section, ‘Electronic Processing System’ means the online processing of data through a website.

4. Legislatives Chronicles
GFR…, 2908 & 2911
PPR 2003
PPA 2006
PPR 2008
e-GP Guidelines 2011
PPA 2006

5. Modernization of Public Procurement Electronic Government Procurement (e-GP) 5

6. BD Public Procurement Transforming From Paper based to IT based e-GP System
Single uniform national web portal
Centralized registration system
Comprehensive system (e-Tendering + e-Contract Management)
Integrated proc. performance monitoring (e-PMIS)

7. e-GP: No More Visit to Offices
Registration fees
Tender Security
Performance Security
Tender Document fees
Renewal fees
Online through
Banks
Payment Gateway

8. e-GP: No More Tender Box
No More Obstruction

9. e-GP: Tender Box Within a Click
e-Tender Box 9

10. E-GP : How we are doing Period Tenderers Tenders Value M$ Jun-12 29514 3
Jun-13
1,067
498 62
Jun-14
9,238
8,436
713
Jun-15
15,559
26,102
2544
Jun-16
22,186
57,935
6051
Feb-17
28,663
82,081
9145 10

11. e-GP: Progress 11

12. Government Users (22 Org.) Reg. Tenderer / Consultant
E-GP : Users (15 Feb,2017)
Reg. Govt Users
(1001 Org.)
Government Users (22 Org.)
14,323
3383
Reg. Tenderer / Consultant
28,663
8353
Total Reg. Users 50,025
Reg. Bank user
(44 Banks)
6,858 12 12

13. e-GP: Online Helpdesk System, 24/7 13

14. Procuring Agency: 1000 out of 1300
e-GP status (15 Feb 2017)
Procuring Agency: 1000 out of 1300
PEs : 3732
Tenderer: 28,663
Total Tender Value : 9,145 M$
Total Tender : 82,081
Total Bank : 44/ 2806 Br.
Competition : 8.5
Earning from e-GP : M$ 14

15. Capacity Building-Legal
3-Week Proc. training :
Short Proc training:
(15 different audiences)
12,062
MCIPS
116+44
Masters in Public Procurement
IGS-BRACU: 94+66
ITC-ILO: 25

16. Capacity Building e-GP
PE training :
Tenderer Training:
Bank Admin: 130
Org. Admin:
By 4 Agencies
Officers : 2973
Tenderers: 941

17. Institutionalization & Sustainability Framework
Establishment of procurement faculty:
Engineering Staff College Bangladesh (ESCB)
National Trainers Pool 60
CIPS Study Centers:
IGS, BRACU & ESCB
BRACU:
Conducting Masters Program in PP
Institutionalizing short-training through existing public training institutes

18. Civic Engagement in Procurement Monitoring
Public Private Stakeholder Committee (PPSC)
Giving suggestions to the government in improving public procurement practices
Providing policy inputs for best utilization of public funds and delivery of services
Third Party Monitoring (TPM) system
Monitoring at implementation part and gradually at the Process Part
Piloting Citizen engagement in 4 upazillas of 2 Districts
Group formation with all stakeholders
Advocacy Campaign to sensitize local people

19. Massive public awareness activities
Mobile Application developed
e-GP Billboard placed at Dhaka city.
e-GP Flyer, Published & Distributed
e-GP theme Song developed and played
5 e-GP success story developed
e-GP SMS and Campaign is going on
e-GP is advertised in Print electronic and social media 19

20. Massive public awareness activities (Contd..)
e-GP awareness workshops held in every district;
Govt-Contractors Forum is formed in the districts;
e-GP Animation video developed;
Slide show developed;
CPTU newsletter published quarterly;
CPTU Facebook, YouTube, twitter in place
TV talk show in electronic medias 20

21. ADP Increasing over time
Fiscal Year
ADP in M$
62.6
296
765
2,275
4,485
11,736
15,418 21

22. Political Commitment to e-GP
Cabinet decision, e-GP mandatory for all Pes;
ICT Task force decided to cover whole government procurement in e-GP;
Cabinet Committee for Law and Order instruction: Adopt e- GP immediately to secure law and order in tendering.
Direct supervision by PMO. 22

23. e-GP DC expansion plan
Equipment for New Data Center and Mirror Data center are procured to handle all Procurement in e-GP.
Considerations
Total users: 300,000
Concurrent Users:16,00
Total Tenders: 8564,000
Life time : 5 years 23

24. Transparency for e-GP

25. Efficiency for e-GP

26. Competitiveness for e-GP

27. e-GP: No More Wait in Traffic Jam

28. e-GP: No More Tears to Evaluate

29. e-GP: No More Pile of Papers

30. e-GP: No More Destruction of Trees

31. e-GP: Save Time, Save Money

32. Challenges For CPTU Restructuring & Strengthening CPTU
Support to continue reform
For e-GP
Continuous Improvement of the System with expansion
Establishment of New Data Center
Operation and Maintenance of e-GP
By CPTU?
Transformed into company?
Outsourced?

33. e-GP: Simple Speedy Secure
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