Govt initiates access to public procurement updates for all

The government will allow people to enter into the public procurement data to ensure transparency in its purchases.

The Central Procurement Technical Unit (CPTU) of Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division on Wednesday in Dhaka launched a Citizen Portal (citizen.cptu.gov.bd) to this regard.

The IMED’s outgoing Secretary Abul Mansur Md Faizullah ndc inaugurated the portal.

The interactive web portal will enhance transparency and accountability in the process of public procurement by providing relevant information in line with the Right to Information Act.

Currently only the government official concerned and the procuring entities can see the data.

IMED Secretary Faizullah said: “This is part of the government’s commitment to let people know about public expenditures because people have the right to know how their money is spent on procurement.”

About 80 percent of Annual Development Programme (ADP) and 45 percent of the total national budget are spent on public procurement.

The CPTU has developed the citizen portal under the Digitizing Implementation Monitoring and Public Procurement Project (DIMAPPP) supported by the World Bank.

Director General of CPTU Md Shoheler Rahman Chowdhury chaired the virtual programme while the Secretary launched the portal online. Dnet has developed the portal for CPTU.