Abstract
The public procurement system in Bangladesh has been running by traditional manual process under the flagship of Public Procurement Act (PPA 2006) and Public Procurement Rules (PPR 2008). Public procurement agencies have been facing challenges in this manual tendering system. To overcome this problem and to bring reality to the “Digital Bangladesh” slogan, the Government of Bangladesh introduced the e-Procurement system under the e-GP (Electronic Government Procurement) guideline 2011. After the inception of e-procurement, there is no e-procurement assessment model to improve the e-GP system. The purpose of this research is to develop a conceptual framework and to design an e-procurement assessment model. With this view, we have considered one of the biggest entity Roads and Highways Department (RHD) of the Government of Bangladesh, for field study. Mixed methods along with FGD (Focus Group Discussion), KII (Key Informant Interview), and survey questionnaires are used to collect data from RHD, and then Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) software is used for regression analysis and hypothesis testing to develop the e-Procurement assessment model. The novel contribution of the study lies in the test of the hypothesis that focuses on developing the conceptual model of the e-procurement assessment system in Bangladesh. Findings of the study are essential for all Procurement Entity (PE) and suppliers i.e. contractors of RHD who are engaged in the construction of the infrastructure project development project.
Highlights
Findings of the study are essential for all Procurement Entity (PE) and suppliers i.e. contractors of Roads and Highways Department (RHD) who are engaged in the construction of the infrastructure project development project
These findings indicate that data was collected from the very relevant PE officers in RHD who had an active role in the e-Procurement system for public procurement
In response to the question “how many times PE officers got e-GP training?” the findings indicate that 16.5% of PE officers did not participate in any e-GP related training. 44.2% of PE officers participated in e-GP related training 1 time, 29.1% of PE officers participated in e-GP related training 2 times, only 4.4% of PE officers participated in e-GP related training 3 times
Summary
S. Uddin curement developed and managed by the Central Procurement Technical Unit (CPTU) under the Ministry of Planning. Though the e-GP system was being implemented in 2011, the bidders and procurement entities (PEs) are still facing some challenges [3] [4]. Any e-procurement assessment model is not being designed since the inception of e-GP system. The primary purpose of this research is to get the e-procurement assessment model. The broad topic taken for this research is an assessment [6] of the e-procurement system in implementing the development projects of the RHD. Through a detailed study of e-Procurement literature, it is found that no in-depth research has been done yet in assessing e-GP system implementation since its inception. The main motivation of this research is to fill this gap
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