Abstract:
In public sector of Bangladesh , where the organizations are providing services to the people and
are involving in development of various social and economic indicators, Power sector
particularly Bangladesh Power Development Board is one of the most important organization.
But the power sector in Bangladesh faces numerous problems due to lack of good governance
along with poor procurement management which is considered as a root cause of these problems.
According to Bangladesh Country Procurement Assessment (World Bank1,2002) The
constitution had no direct provision bearing on public procurement. Neither was there any
procurement law or decree. For introducing good governance in public procurement with the
establishment of a unified national procurement framework and institutionalizing the
procurement management capacity to ensure economy, efficiency, transparency, fairness and
better value for money, The CPTU was established in April 2002 as a unit within the
Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division of the Ministry of Planning.
As the Bangladesh Power Development Board is one of the large Budget headed organization
and the majority of the activities of the power sector are conducted by this organization efficient
and effective procurement management is of paramount necessity for BPDB as power sector
organizations in order to produce and provide quality electricity and related services to the
consumers.
The main objectives of this dissertation were to identify the weaknesses and obstacles of present
procurement process in Bangladesh Power Development Board in terms of efficiency and to
propose ways to make the procurement system in Bangladesh Power Development Board more
efficient and effective.
