DU tender process to go online

Dhaka University (DU) has decided to sell and receive schedules of tenders for its development activities online in a bid to avoid tender manipulation.
The DU authorities will start the process experimentally this month.
“We will launch the system experimentally this month at a function and the development of software for the service is going on,” Treasurer Prof Mijanur Rahman told The Daily Star on Sunday.
DU Syndicate, the highest decision-making body, has accepted a proposal on the process of introducing the system on October 25, he added.
He said an expert committee comprising specialists from DU and Buet has prepared the proposal in three months.
The experimental process will start selling and receiving tender schedules for purchasing computers and accessories of an institute.
Snatching schedules of tenders or creating obstacles to submitting the schedules of firms by leaders and workers of the ruling party's student body often takes place on the DU campus.
Since Awami League (AL)-led grand alliance government assumed power early this year, its student wing BCL men got involved themselves in manipulating over a dozen of tenders of development works at DU.
“We consider the initiative as a step to digitise the premier institution,” Prof Mijanur, adding that this would also help avoid chaos regarding dropping of tender schedules.
He said the official website of DU is being modified and the tender process will be done through it.