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Further Reading

Public Procurement
Reforms

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In 1999, WB and ADB conducted joint

review of the country portfolio
performance and prepared an action
plan for government on public
procurement

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Country Procurement Assessment Report Slide No.3/20

CPAR,2002 prepared by WB, in agreement with the GoB, identified

several deficiencies in the procurement system of the GoB:
 Absence of sound legal framework governing public sector
procurement
 Complex bureaucratic procedure causing delay
 Lack of adequate professional competence of staff to manage
public procurement
 Generally poor quality bidding documents and bid evaluation
 Ineffective administration of contracts
 Absence of adequate mechanism for ensuring transparency and
accountability

Government approved the implementation of the "Public Procurement

Reform Project" with IDA assistance on 14 February, 2002
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 CPAR Key Recommendations
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To GoB

 Set up a Public Procurement Policy Unit

 Issue Public Procurement Rules
 Streamline Proc. Process & Financial Delegation
 Develop Procurement Management Capacity
 Publish Contract Awards
 Introduce Appeal Procedures

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 Public Procurement Reform Project
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PPRP Phase I

 IDA Credit (TA): August 2002/ ~$ 5 million/ 4 years

 Objectives: Improve (i) governance;

(ii) efficiency, transparency and
accountability;
(iii) people’s confidence in country
systems
Elements of Reform:
• Establishing Procurement Policy Unit (CPTU)
• Implementing Reforms/ Rules
• Improving Procurement Management Capacity

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 CPAR (joint coll. with The World Bank):  May ‘01

 Procurement Policy Unit (CPTU)
 Proc Reform Project (PPRP)
 Public Proc. Regulations (PPR)
 Imp. Procedures & Key SDs
 MIS (Proc. Perform. Tracking)
 Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
 Follow-on PPRP II
 Nat. Trainers- 25p & training- 1800p
 Proc Act and Proc Rules (effective)
 Proc Act; amendment
 Proc Rules: amendment
:  Apr. ‘02
:  Aug. ‘02
:  Oct. ‘03
:  Apr. & Aug. ’04
:  Oct. ‘06
:  Dec. ‘05
:  Sept. 07
:  as of Sept. ’07
:  Jan. ’08
: July’07, Nov.’09, July’10
:  Aug. ’09, March ‘11, April ‘12

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Public Procurement Reform Project II
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Why ?
Despite good progress Potential challenges that constrain
 application of the national the achievement of better
procurement rules proven to be procurement outcomes include :
relatively inconsistent across
government and within individual  inadequate enforcement of
agencies, and regulations
 delays in contract award
 ineffective contract administration
 actual implementation of the  Inadequate procurement
regulations is slow with less professionalism
progress in improving tangible  incidence of fraud and corruption
outcomes on the ground  political interference

To address these, a new technical assistance credit, “Public Procurement

Reform Project II” was proposed to move the reform process further

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 Objective of PPRP II
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To improve performance of the public procurement system

focusing largely on the key sectoral ministries & targeting their
IAs with the following outputs:

 Enhanced capacity in creating a sustained program of developing skilled

procurement professionals
 Strengthened management and monitoring of procurement in target
agencies
 Introduction of eGP in those agencies and CPTU on a pilot basis
 Creation of greater public awareness of a well functioning public
procurement system by engaging civil society, think tanks, beneficiaries,
and the private sector

2007 - 2013
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Public Procurement Reform Project Slide No.9/20

World Bank 2013:

Commendable progress in bringing about a

systemic change and creating a basic
foundation for the public procurement system

Still substantial need for strengthening

capacity development for sustainability of the
reform efforts

Additional Financing
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In view of need for continuity of the reform

program, the capacity development activities are
planned to be continued with expanded scope:

To improve performance of the public procurement

system with increased capacity and enhanced use
of e-GP at specified agencies

Capacity Development:
Procurement Training and Institutionalization
(CD:PTI)
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Institutionalization

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 CD:PTI Key Objectives
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 The overall objective of the CD:PTI project is

to improve performance of the public
procurement system focusing largely on the
enlarged number (20) additional Ministries &
targeting their implementing Agencies.
 Against this backdrop, the specific objectives
such as to increase institutional capacity for
better managing public procurement &
strengthening procurement management
capacity at sector level.
 Capacity development through training
implementation, will be the means to achieve
these important objectives.

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Course Commences

• This residential course has started and will continue to be

delivered over a three (3) week period.
• Training will be delivered in the Faculty Campus of ESCB
and BIM Training Centre, where both Centres have been
fully equipped & prepared to International standards. The
services of enlarged National Certified Procurement
Trainers and Faculty Trainers are available to provide
training implementation, supported by CPTU and the
CD:PTI Project Team
• As per ToR - 60 three-week courses will be implemented in
ESCB Campus and 30 in BIM Training Centre with trainee
target of 2,700 with target finish of March 2016
• Other short training courses will be implemented in ESCB,
BIM and other selected Training Centres.

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Three-Week and Short Training Courses

• The CD:PTI Project Team (including International

Consultant) has continued the task of reviewing the
three-week course and also all short-training
courses
• Some new additional short-courses need to be
developed with course “E” increased from 2 to 5
days & this important task has commence in the
First Quarter
• Existing training modules (from PICD) will be used
until new curriculum and training modules are fully
developed and approved by CPTU and WB. Valuable
assistance received from CPTU and in WB Feedback

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Increased Trainer’s Pool Slide No.15/20

• Thanks to CPTU currently the pool contains

39 National Certified Procurement Trainers

• This Increase in the number of qualified

trainers within the Trainers Pool is found to
be essential in meet the future training needs

• CD: PTI Project requires the assistance of

National Certified Procurement Trainers and
have received their continuous support

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INCENTIVE MECHANISM Slide No.16/20

• Continues during duration of the three-week

courses 60 in ESCB and 30 in BIM
• Opportunity for participants from the Course to
go forward for advanced procurement training in
BRAC University and CIPS in London
• Again on the last day of course the “TEST” is
carried out with 5 questions on each of the 5
modules (total 25 questions)
• Minimum 75% requirement from the test for
nomination to be given to CPTU
• Results of the TEST are confidential (Only made
available to CPTU)

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ESCB TRAINING FACULTY Slide No.17/20

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Procurement Training Faculty

• CD:PTI will continues to assist ESCB in development of

Procurement Training Faculty

• Both International and National Consultants will be

provided to assist ESCB Faculty in its development and
will be deployed in coming months

• Progress has been made in establishing ESCB Faculty

(Main Campus) as the recognised Centre for Public
Sector Procurement Training in Bangladesh

• ESCB have coordinated with CIPS where ESCB is now

the third CIPS Study Centre in Bangladesh

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BIM TRAINING FACILITY DHAKA Slide No.19/20

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TRAINER EVALUATION Slide No.20/20

• Evaluation is very important in the training

process and continues to be an activity of the
CD: PTI Project Team

• To ensure quality of training and the training

implementation, CD:PTI again requested that
participants complete:

• A one page questionnaire at the end of each

trainer’s segment so that the project can
continue to monitor the effectiveness of each
trainer. Trainer’s who are found to be falling
behind in their input - will be informed

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