The Public Procurement Rules 2008 - LGED

CHAPTER THREE
PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC PROCUREMENT
PART – 1
GENERAL GUIDELINES
13. Public Accessibility of Procurement Act, etc. |—For the purpose of making easily
available the Act and the Rules made there under, orders, instructions, guidelines or other
Documents to the general public, the CPTU shall perform the following responsibilities namely -
(a) print and publish the Bangla version and the authentic English text of the Act,
and these Rules;
(b) publish from time to time the Procurement-related Documents needed to
facilitate the conduct of Procurement activities by Procuring Entities;
(c) make the Documents under Item (a) and (b) easily available to the general
public in hard copy and post them on the CPTU website; and
(d) ensure that these Documents are properly maintained and updated. .
14. Forms of Communications |— (1) All communications between Procuring Entities
and other parties participating in the Procurement process (such as Applicants, Tenderers,
Suppliers, Contractors or Consultants), shall be in writing to ensure that all such communications
are legally binding as confirmed by the signature of the sender or an authorised officer or nominee
of the sender on the communication.
(2) Communications made by fax or e-mail shall be confirmed by submission of a duly
signed document by the sender or an authorised officer or nominee of the sender.
(3) For e-GP, the provisions of Chapter Eight shall be applicable.
15. Procurement Planning and Selection of Procurement methods |— (1) Prior to the
preparation of a Procurement Plan in the case of splitting up a single procurement object into
more than one package, the Procuring Entity shall decide on splitting the packages and the
applicability of the Procurement methods considering the nature and size of the Procurement, by
carefully reviewing the proposed Procurement activities and issues. .
(2) The Procuring Entity shall take into account the following when determining the
method of Procurement and consolidating of Goods packages:
(a) type of goods to be procured;
(b) estimated cost as approved by the HOPE or an officer authorised by him or her;
(c) availability of the relevant Goods in the local market;
(d) quality, sources and brand of the Goods available in the local market;
(e) price levels of the designated Goods;
(f) capacity of local Suppliers to supply the required quantities;
(g) capacity of the national industry and quality of its products;
(h) market conditions and expected competition;
(i) urgency of the Procurement;
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