Improving Procurement Management Capacity

13031. Country Procurement Assessment Report (CPAR) in 2001 had identified inadequate procurement expertise, project directors who had received little effective training and inadequate delegation of powers, all of which considerably used to slow down project implementation.

Key Objectives to Improve Procurement Management Capacity

To substantially enhance the capacity for procurement management through a structured education and training program addressed to the needs of the senior managers, working level staff, auditors and business community in order to build a profession of procurement specialists.

Under the procurement management capacity focus has been given primarily on two areas:

1. Institutionalizing comprehensive and regular training programs through selected public and private training institutions
2. Establishing monitoring and evaluation capacity to track procurement performances of the public sector entities.

Overall Programme for Improving Procurement Management Capacity

Provide Procurement Training

1. Assess the procurement needs
2. Develop course curriculum
3. Select the trainees
4. Identifying the national, international training institutions to provide training
5. Select resources
6. Deliver training courses including seminar / workshops

Develop Public Procurement Database

1. Carry out survey of public procurement entities including staffing and their qualification
2. Develop a procedure for obtaining relevant public procurement data for goods, works and consulting services from concerned entities
3. Establish a database for public procurement entities

4842278656. Management Training:  IMED in collaboration with Academy for Planning and Development (APD) or institution)

125904799336. training separately on Project Management through IMED to about 600 participants of the government in order to develop management skills.
983947448. Management Information System (MIS)

1. Review the existing monitoring system
2. Development of an MIS on the basis of present system to monitor project and procurement implementation.
3. Development of website and electronic bid processing system
4. Introduction of MIS for procurement performance tracking

Develop a list of approved National Contractors

1. Tenderers’ Database has been developed and added to e-GP system. It is being updated with data provided by the registered tenderers.

Formation of a special pool of procurement specialist: National Procurement Trainers

A total of 73 certified National Procurement Trainers are in the BPPA trainers’ pool up to 2024.

Training Programme

Under the DIMAPPP, a total of 3,484 officers received three-week training in 115 batches from 2019 up to 2023. In 167 batches from 2019 up to 2022, a total of 4333 participants in 167 batches comprising various stakeholders received training on public procurement under short courses. A total of 57 government officers received MCIPS under DIMAPPP.

Since 2003 to December 2023, a total of 12,520 participants in 412 batches received 3-week training on public procurement management and in 505 batches a total of 15241 participants including media received training on public procurement issues under various short courses.

Under the Additional Financing of PPRP-II, a total of 25 government officers obtained the MSc in public procurement from ITC-ILO, Turin University.

Also, 52 out of a total of 60 national trainers in public procurement of Bangladesh had the opportunity to undergo short training at ITC-ILO, Turin University under the project.

 

       Current Procurement Management Training

Sl. No	Training Title	Type	Number of Participants/ Batch	Duration
1	3-week Training on Public Procurement Management (Goods, Works & Services)	Residential	11 Batches (30 persons/ batch); Total 330 persons	working days (8 hours/day incl. 1.5 hours of break) for each batch
2	3-week Training on Public Procurement Management (Goods, Works & Services)	Non-residential	30 Batches (30 persons/ batch); Total 900 persons	working days (8 hours/day incl. 1.5 hours of break) for each batch
3	3-day Refresher Course	Non-residential	18 Batches (30 persons/ batch) Total 540 persons	working days (8 hours/day incl. 1.5 hours of break) for each batch
4.	Orientation Course for Members of Review Panel	Non-residential	5 batches (15 Participants/Batch) Total 75 Persons	working days (1/2-day for each batch)
Total			64 Batches (1845 persons)