The Central Procurement Technical Unit (CPTU), Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division, Ministry of Planning, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ICB Islamic Bank Limited in connection with receipt of payments from tenderers under electronic government procurement (e-GP) system on 20 December 2018.

The signing ceremony took place at the Conference Room of CPTU on the Planning Ministry campus at Agargaon in Dhaka.

Under the MoU, CPTU will provide the bank access to e-GP Portal Dashboard. Nominated focal persons of the bank will also receive training from CPTU to start e-GP payment services for tenderers.

The bank will receive e-GP registration fees, registration renewal fees and tender document fees from registered tenderers and upload the payment information on e-GP portal.

With the MoU signed with ICB Islamic Bank Limited the number of banks now having MoUs with CPTU has stood at 46.

Secretary, IME Division, Abul Mansur Md. Faizullah, ndc was present at the signing ceremony as the chief guest. Md. Faruque Hossain, Director General of CPTU and Additional Secretary and Muhammad Shafiq Bin Abdullah, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of ICB Bank Limited signed the MoU on behalf of their respective sides.

Until 23 December 2018, the number of tenderers registered with e-GP stood at 53586. A total of 1282 government procuring agencies are now connected to e-GP. There are about 1324 procuring agencies in the country. So far 2 lakh 35 thousand 830 tenders worth taka 2 lakh 24 thousand 453 crore have been invited through e-GP system.

 Senior officers of IMED and the bank were also present at the signing ceremony.