The government will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the scheduled banks today to facilitate electronic payment for the electronic government procurement (e-GP) system.

The signing ceremony will be held at the Conference Room of IMEDivision of the Planning Commission at 3:00 pm in presence of the IMED Secretary Md Habib Ullah Majumder, said a press release.

Director General of CPTU Amulya Kumar Debnath and Director (Coordination) Mohammad Yamin Chowdhury will also be present on the occasion.

Initially seven scheduled banks have confirmed signing of the MoU on the day which are Sonali Bank, Agrani Bank, Rupali Bank, Janata Bank, United Commercial Bank Ltd, National Bank and Bangladesh Krishi Bank.

Later, more banks will sign the MoU to operate e-payment for the e-GP system.

The Central Procurement Technical Unit (CPTU) Of the Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED) has taken preparation to launch e-GP in public procurement under the Public Procurement Reform Project-II supported by the World Bank.

After signing of the MoU, CPTU will invite this month bidders for registration with the e-GP system developed by the CPTU. They will also be given orientation on the use of e-GP portal.

Meanwhile, the officials of the procuring entities of the four target agencies have been trained up on the use of e-GP. Connectivity and hardware have also been provided to the procuring entities.

Local Government Engineering Department (LGED), Rural Ele-ctrification Board (REB), Bangla-desh Water Development Board (BWDB) and Roads and Highways Department (RHD are the four target agencies under the PPRP-II.

News: Daily Sun/ Bangladesh/ Mar-14-2011