As part of the process of a series of consultations with the concerned stakeholders on the revision of Public Procurement Rules, 2008, the Bangladesh Public Procurement Authority (BPPA) has started field-level consultations in districts and upazillas.

On 7 August 2025, two such consultations were organized by BPPA in Rangpur district sadar and Saidpur Upazillla of Rangpur district. Md. Kamal Uddin, Secretary, Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED), Ministry of Planning, attended the workshops as the Chief Guest. Chief Executive Officer (Additional Secretary) of the BPPA, S.M. Moin Uddin Ahmed, spoke as the Special Guest. Consultations in three more districts and three more upazillas have also been planned.

In the workshop in Rangpur held at the conference room of the Office of the Deputy Commissioner with DC Muhammad Rabiul Faisal in the chair, Md Ashraful Islam, Additional Divisional Commissioner (Revenue), attended as the Special Guest.

While speaking at the workshop, IMED Secretary said, the PPA, 2006 has been amended and in line with this, revision of PPR, 2008 is required. “For this we are working on it and consulting with all stakeholders. As part of this, we are arranging field-level consultation workshops to receive feedbacks and recommendations from the grassroots level,” he added.

Welcoming participants, BPPA CEO said, “BPPA is organizing workshops to share the proposals on revision of PPR, 2008 to receive your opinions on those.” Giving reference to the proposals, he said too many amendments have been proposed that it is why it would be better to newly formulate PPR, 2025 with approval from the Honorable Adviser.

Highlighting the PPA, 2006 (Amendment), he said e-GP has already been made mandatory and those who are unable at this moment to conduct procurement in e-GP can do manual tender for a limited period with approval from the BPPA.

Shah Eyamin-Ul Islam, Director (Deputy Secretary), BPPA, made a presentation on the proposal of amendment to PPR, 2008, while Muhammad Hafizur Rahaman, Senior Programmer, BPPA, gave a presentation on e-GP.

Representatives from different procuring entities and tenderers attended the workshop. Bangladesh Center for Communication Programs (BCCP) managed the workshops.

Mentionable, BPPA has consulted PPR revision with technical working group (TWG), selected public sector organizations (SPSOs), national procurement trainers and representatives from different ministries. More are planned with tenderers and women entrepreneurs. BPPA is firm on making the revision process inclusive and comprehensive in two months. The Public Procurement (Amendment) Ordinance 2025 was published on 4 May 2025.