Bhutan wants to import purchase tech from Bangladesh

The Bhutanese government has expressed keen interest in taking support from Bangladesh on capacity development for its public procurement.

Chief Programme Officer of the Public Procurement Policy Division (PPPD) of Bhutan Dhenden Dhondup expressed the interest while visiting Central Procurement Technical Unit (CPTU) of IME Division of the Ministry of Planning in the city Wednesday, according to a press release.

The four-member e-GP study team of PPPD under the Ministry of Finance of Bhutan is now on a two-day visit in Bangladesh to learn and take stock of reforms being implemented in the process of public procurement here.

The CPTU has been implementing the Public Procurement Reform Project-II with the assistance from the World Bank since 2007. Institutionalising procurement capacity, improving procurement management, electronic government procurement (e-GP) and social awareness on public procurement are now being implemented by CPTU under the PPRP-II.

During the meeting with the CPTU officials, Mr Dhondup said the Kingdom of Bhutan has also taken up a project to improve capacity of its procurement officials, raise awareness among stakeholders and introduce electronic procurement.

The team extensively came across the e-tender initiatives taken up by CPTU. It has visited the Central e-GP Data Centre established by CPTU, e-GP Guidelines and other facilities in this connection.
News Source: The Financial Express