EVALUATION OF PUBLIC PROCUREMENT MECHANISM FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN BANGLADESH

Transparency, accountability and efficiency in PPM is the vital requirement for sustainable developmen t of all sectors of a developing country like Bangladesh. Developing countries utili ze huge amount of their national budget in developm ent projects through procurement of goods, works and services. For susta inable development, proper utilization of this huge amount of national budget must be ensured through establishing sound (PPM). T his paper presents a study in PPM of Bangladesh and corresponding empirical outcomes with object oriented suggestions for susta inable development. Participant Observation Method, Case Study Method and Questionnaire techniques are used to collect primar y data. Questionnaire comprising of 29 queries is a dministered among 60 respondents involved in public procurement. Author has been involved in public procurement mechanism, as member (TEC/PEC) and consultant for the last ten years to study the system as a participant & case study observer. Secondar y data is collected from related books, journals and documents of GoB. Empirical out comes and object oriented suggestions are obtained through analysis of data. Final outcomes are evaluated lacks, gaps, problems etc of existing PPM and specific suggestions for sdevelopment in Bangladesh.