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The CPTU was established on 4 April 2002 as a unit within the Implementation Monitoring
and Evaluation Division of the Ministry of Planning. It is headed by a Director-General,
who reports directly to the Secretary, IMED. The DG has a staff complement of 19 persons,
2-Directors, 2-Deputy Directors, 1-Training Coordinator, 1-Systems Analyst and other
support staff.
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The CPTU is a permanent institution of the Government, funded under the revenue budget,
that will be sustained after the project period. The CPTU will be responsible for
carrying out the Public Procurement Reform Project (PPRP) following the recommendations
of the Country Procurement Assessment Report (CPAR). CPTU will have no procurement/contracting
functions at any level except for its own needs. The unit may provide technical/professional
advice on generic procurement issues referred to it, but shall not get involved or
provide opinion in any specific procurement evaluation or contract award, thus preserving
its pristine role as a policy, technical assistance, training and oversight unit.
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Functions of CPTU |
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Within the Government, the CPTU is responsible for policy formulation, co-ordination,monitoring
and improvement of the public procurement in Bangladesh. |
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In accordance with Regulation 6 (2), the CPTU shall: |
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monitor compliance with the Regulations and the Procedures and propose any amendment
to them or any new laws or regulations regarding public procurement which appear necessary.
In doing so, CPTU shall not only take account of experience gained in monitoring of
public procurement in Bangladesh, but shallalso keep up to date with standard international
practices; |
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issue procedures as well as guidance and instructions regarding the interpretation
and implementation of the Regulations. Besides, CPTU shall provide advice and assistance
to Procuring Entities concerning the Regulations, the Procedures and other documents,
such as the Standard Tender Documents, Standard Request for Proposals, when requested
to do so by a Procuring Entity.However, the role of the CPTU shall be restricted to
advising Procuring Entities on how the Regulations and the Procedures shall be implemented
without diminishing their responsibilities. The CPTU shall not have any involvement
whatsoever in the proceedings leading to examination, evaluation and/or award of contract
concerning individual and/or specific procurement; |
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prepare standard formats, documents, User Guides and instructions and issue in connection
with public procurement, which shall include, but are not restricted to: |
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Standard format for the Procurement Plan, Invitations for Pre-qualification (IFPQ),
Invitations for Tender (IFT), request for Expressions of Interest (EOI), contract
award notices, Tenderer's profiles and procurement related statisticalinformation; |
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Standard Pre-qualification Documents, Standard Tender Documents (STDs), Standard Request
for Quotations (RFQs) and Standard Request for Proposals (RFPs); |
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User Guides on Pre-qualification, Short listing, examination and evaluation of tenders
and proposals; and |
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Guidance Notes and instructions concerning the manner in which technical specifications
shall be prepared, e.g. list of acceptable technical standards widely in use in Bangladesh
and internationally. |
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prepare and present an Annual Report of the previous financial year and submit to
the Government regarding the overall functioning of the public procurement system.
The Report shall contain recommendations on measures to be taken by the Government
to revise and improve procurement practices, approval methods and other measures to
enhance the quality of procurement work. The Annual Report shall be delivered within
seven (7) months from the beginning of the current financial year and shall contain: |
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statistics on procurement during the year referring to the number and value of contracts
awarded, the methods of procurement used and for each method, the product category
(supply, work, service), and the nationality of the Supplier/Contractor/Consultant
(Bangladesh or foreign national); |
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summary of Procurement Post Review by the Procuring Entities, in
accordance with Regulation 56; |
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statistics on staffing and training activity; and |
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activities of the CPTU. |
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For completion of each part of the Report, the following time schedule (from the beginning
of the current financial year) shall be followed: |
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three (3) months for the completion of the statistical report; |
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five (5) months for the completion of the summary on independent
Procurement Review of the Procuring Entities; |
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three (3) months for processing statistics on staffing and training; and |
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three (3) months for data on CPTU activities. |
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The CPTU’s Annual Report shall contain Independent Procurement Reviews
presented by Procuring Entities for the previous financial year, e.g. the CPTU Annual
Report for the Financial Year 2004/05 would include Independent Procurement Reviews
from Procuring Entities for the Financial Year 2003/04. |
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request Procuring Entities to provide, in a timely manner, the information required
for completion of the Annual Report. The CPTU shall advise Procuring Entities of the
prescribed format in which this information is to be provided. |
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develop a public procurement website which shall be structured as follows: |
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Useful documents, which will provide, the text of the Regulations, the
Procedures, the User Guides and any new document or instructions issued by the CPTU
concerning public procurement and links to relevant
international Treaties/Agreements/Regulations e.g. World Trade Organisation (WTO),
World Bank (WB), Asian Development Bank (ADB), Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation
(APEC) and Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN); and |
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Public Procurement Opportunities, in which users should be able to easily access advertisements
of Annual Procurement Plans, tender/ proposal notices and contract award notices exceeding
a threshold value determined by the CPTU for national and international procurement
opportunities. |
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develop, promote, support and execute training programmes on public
procurement including importance of adherence to the highest ethical standard and
shall provide technical support to Procuring Entities for the initial and continuing
development of their procurement staff. |
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organise and provide secretarial/logistic support to the Review Panel (Regulation
52: The Review Panel), but shall take no part in the Panel’s decision-making process. |
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provide technical assistance in the field of public procurement through issue of technical
guidance notes on procurement. |
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provide technical assistance in the field of public procurement through issue of technical
guidance notes on procurement. |
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failed to fulfil their contractual obligations under a public procurement contract; |
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provided false information concerning their qualifications to undertake a
specific contract; and |
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been barred from participating in public procurement as a result of corrupt, fraudulent,
collusive and/or coercive practices as described in Regulation 15 (Corrupt, Fraudulent,
Collusive or Coercive practices). |
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Organogram of CPTU |
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Assistance From ITC-ILO |
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A non-profit body, the International Training Centre (ITC) in Turin, Italy, is the
training arm of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the specialised agency
of the United Nations which seeks the promotion of social justice and internationally
recognised human and labour rights. |
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ITC-ILO is an institution devoted to the development of human resources. It was established
in 1964 by the ILO and the Italian Government, originally conceived as a technical
and vocational training institution, it has matured into an institute for post graduate
and high-level in-service training. Today, its alumni network of over 80,000 men and
women is present in 172 countries. |
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ITC-ILO has 60 training and subject matter specialists, who are part of the worldwide
network of resource persons and consultants from prestigious academic and training
institutions, enterprises, trade unions, other governmental and non-governmental organisations. |
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ITC-ILO will also develop procurement management capacity via a two-pronged effort
(a) institutionalisation of comprehensive and regular training programmes through
selected public and private training institutions, the content and delivery modalities
of which will be tailored to meet the needs of various target groups in the public
sector, including auditors, private sector construction/consulting industries and
NGO’s and (b) establishing a monitoring and evaluation capacity to track procurement
performance of public entities through a modern MIS system.
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For this project ITC-ILO will have a Team Leader and 3 support persons based in Turin;
a Resident Project Coordinator, 5 National Experts and 6 support persons based in
Dhaka, plus around 12 International Specialist to assist in the various project activities.
The project period is from July 2002 until May 2005.
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