The Public Procurement Rules 2008 - LGED

The Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh
Ministry of Planning
Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division
Central Procurement Technical Unit
The Public Procurement Rules, 2008
NOTIFICATION
Dated the 24 th January, 2008
S,R,O No 21-Law/2008 |— In-exercise of powers conferred under section 70 of the Public
Procurement Act, 2006 (Act 24 of 2006), The Government is pleased to make the following Rules,
namely -
CHAPTER ONE
PRELIMINARY
1. Short title and commencement |— (1) These Rules may be called the Public
Procurement Rules, 2008.
(2) They shall be effective on the date of coming into force of the Public Procurement
Act, 2006
2. Definitions |— In these Rules, unless there is anything repugnant to the subject or
context—
(1) "Act" means The Public Procurement Act, 2006 (Act 24 of 2006);
(2) "Administrative Authority" means the concerned Procuring Entity, Head of
the Procuring Entity and Secretary of the Ministry or Division respectively;
(3) "Advertisement" means an advertisement published under Section 40 in
newspapers, websites or any other mass media for the purposes of wide
publicity;
(4) "Applicant" means a Person who seeks to become enlisted under the Limited
Tendering Method under Section 32 (a) of the Act or to be pre-qualified in
response to an Invitation for Pre-Qualification under Part-2 of Chapter Six of
the Act, or to be short-listed in response to a request for Expression of Interest
under Section 54 of the Act ;
(5) "Approval Procedures" means the approval procedures of a Tender or a
Proposal as detailed in Rule 36;
(6) "Approving Authority" means the authority which, in accordance with the
Delegation of Financial Powers, approves the award of contract for the
Procurement of Goods, Works or Services;
(7) "Code of Ethics" means the set of conditions and provisions which a Person
shall abide while participating in public Procurement;
(8) "Completion Date" is the date of completion of the Works as certified by the
Project Manager;
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