Amended PPA Act passed

Parliament yesterday passed a bill after amendment to the Public Procurement Act (PPA) to allow persons without past experiences to get public work contracts worth up to Tk 2 crore.

From now, procuring entities will not take into consideration past performance, production capacity or financial capability for awarding a public work contract worth up to Tk 2 crore.

The House, however, accepted recommendations of a parliamentary body during passage of the bill.

Scrutinising the bill, the parliamentary standing committee on planning ministry in its report recommended that the procuring entities would prepare and preserve list of contractors including their past experiences.

But deciding the qualification of a contractor to get the public work contract worth up to Tk 2 crore will not be applicable.

The Public Procurement Act was enacted in 2006 to ensure transparency in the government purchase.

Planning Minister Air Vice Marshall (retd) AK Khandker yesterday proposed the passage of the bill as recommended by the parliamentary body.