Abstract
Since the adoption of privatization as an economic policy reform in 1976, public procurement by contractual means in Bangladesh has been increasing day by day. Objective of this paper is to discuss the e-Government Procurement implementation and recommends measures to be adopted in public procurement system in Bangladesh. Study methodology included bibliometric analysis, literature and archival document review and key informant interviews. The World Banks evaluation of Bangladesh concluded that the implementation of procurement process is far from satisfactory. Implementation of e-Government Procurement will supplement the present government's vision for building a Digital Bangladesh by 2021. The idea of a virtual bidding process could save more than 15% of the government's procurement costs, according to a World Bank study and it becomes easier to eradicate corruptions from the country. As the country marching forward for “Digital Bangladesh”, introducing the system of submitting the tender over internet (like other developing and developed countries) is a very positive step. Key words: Tender, procurement, e-government, transparency and accountability.
Highlights
Public procurement has grown substantially in recent decades
The Korea e-procurement system is recognized as a successful example of substantially enhancing procurement process efficiency by making it transparent and professional and it is recognized in the 2005 UN reports for the best practices of e-government (Albano and Dae, 2010)
Information was retrieved from documents available mainly in electronic database and on the websites of specialized agencies, using the terms public procurement and corruption with other researchers work was undertaken, including 4 leading Bangladesh daily newspapers analyzed. 24 documents retrieved from the database of several national and international agencies were browsed, the most important being online collection from journal of public procurement
Summary
Public procurement has grown substantially in recent decades. Government procurement represents 18.42% of the world gross domestic product (GDP) (Auriol, 2006; Singer et al, 2009) and about 10% of Korea’s GDP. Many countries have created specialized agencies in order to develop and manage business-to-government (B2G) electronic procurement (e-procurement) systems They have done so to achieve the following objectives: 1) Promote the use of internet across different industries; 2) Give signs of transparency, as the transactions between contractors and State agencies become public; 3) Reduce administrative cost by improving the procurement process; and 4. The World Bank needs to manage the selection of providers and the resulting contracts with thousands of businesses throughout the world To ease this process and improve efficiency, the World Bank has implemented a new electronic procurement solution for the selection of consultants, with the goals of fostering consistency of practice worldwide, increasing transparency and competition, and minimizing processing time and effort (Leipold, 2004). It has been modernized and brought to international standard through the enactment of successive law and rules (Daily Star, 2010)
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