The CPTU conducted a workshop to review draft final reports submitted by four individual consultants on post- procurement reviews of 12 contracts each of BWDB, LGED, RHD and REB at the conference room of IMED on 12 June 2019.

Secretary, IMED, Mr. Abul Mansur Md Faizullah ndc was present as the Chief Guest while Mr. Mohammad Abdul Mannan, Additional Secretary, IMED, was present as the Special Guest.

Mr. Md. Ali Noor, Director General (Additional Secretary) of CPTU presided over the workshop.

Participants from ERD, Planning Commission, IMED, CPTU and the officials of the four large procuring agencies (BWDB, LGED, RHD and REB) were present in the workshop.

They provided comments, suggestions and inputs in order to finalize the reports. Four main discussants for four separate reports touched upon various points missing in the reports.

The Secretary, IMED, advised the consultants to address the concerns expressed by the participants in the reports. “We can present and place our recommendations on policy issues to the government on public procurement on the basis of the reports. So these have to be authentic, accurate and justified.”