The electronic government procurement (e-GP) system being displayed at the ongoing annual ICT fair titled, “Digital World 2017” has drawn attention of visitors.

The stall of Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED) is located at the Carnival venue of Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC) at city’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar. A large-scale live display of the e-GP system has been arranged there.

Digitization of public procurement is one of the priority agenda of the present government. The e-GP system was introduced in 2011. Until December 7, 2017, a total of 1177 procuring agencies out of 1300 were registered with e-GP system. Since introduction it has witnessed an exponential growth as both tenderers and procuring entities have accepted the online tendering gladly and quickly in the country.

The fair to show case digitization and innovation of various public services started on December 6, 2017 and will conclude on December 9, 2017. It is open from 9:00am to 9:00 pm every day during the period. Central Procurement Technical Unit of IMED, Ministry of Planning, is implementing e-GP in Bangladesh with support from the World Bank.

Display of CPTU live mobile app at the stall has attracted the visitors. Besides, the live data of e-GP are also being scrolled on a large digital panel.

The Project Management Information System (PMIS) developed by IMED is also displayed at the stall.

Takeaway materials like e-GP pen, IMED brochure and e-GP registration flyer are also distributed to visitors who are taking interest in e-GP system. Until December 7, a total of 131654 tenders worth of a total amount of Tk120480 crore were invited through the e-GP system.

Secretary, IMED, Md Mofizul Islam, Director General of CPTU Md Faruque Hossain and other officials stayed for some time at the stall on December 6, 2017. They also attended the visitors. A selected number of staff members of IMED and CPTU are attending the stall in shifts to explain e-GP, PMIS etc to visitors.   

The ICT Division has arranged the annual digital fair as part of the government vision to build a Digital Bangladesh by 2021.