Says merit in Govt’s affairs important component of good governance
Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan has stated that e-procurement system as an essential for ensuring maximum transparency in government contracts and procurement process, and said that it would help eliminate malpractices in the award of contracts and procurement process, and ultimately ensure quality of construction work.
He said that transparency and merit in all government affairs was the most important component of his government’s good governance strategy, and said that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government not only believed in transparency but was taking serious steps for the purpose
In a bid to ensure optimum transparency in all kinds of public procurement and government contracts, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to introduce an online system from the upcoming financial year for all types public procurement and award of contracts by the provincial government departments. The decision was taken in a meeting held here the other day regarding E-procurement initiative with Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan in the chair.
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (KPPRA) has developed a new online e-procurement system with all the required features for online procurement and award of government contracts. It may be recalled here that the provincial government had already introduced e-bidding and e-tendering system for contracts in works departments, however, procurement of goods and services is still being carried out in traditional way in government departments.
