ICB Islamic Bank signs MoU with CPTU on e-GP payments

ICB Islamic Bank Limited has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Central Procurement Technical Unit (CPTU), Implementation Monit-oring and Evaluation Division of Planning Ministry on ‘Receipt of Payments from Tenderers under Electronic Government Procurement (e-GP) System’ recently. The signing ceremony was held at the Conference Room of CPTU of Planning Ministry campus at Agargaon in Dhaka. Under the MoU, CPTU will provide the bank access to e-GP Portal Dashboard. Nominated focal persons of the bank will also receive training from CPTU to start e-GP payment services for tenderers. The bank will receive e-GP registration fees, registration renewal fees and tender document fees from registered tenderers and upload the payment information on e-GP portal, said a press release. With the MoU signed with ICB Islamic Bank Limited the number of banks now having MoUs with CPTU has stood at 46. Until 23 December 2018, the number of tenderers registered with e-GP stood at 53586. A total of 1282 government procuring agencies are now connected to e-GP. There are about 1324 procuring agencies in the country. So far 2 lakh 35 thousand 830 tenders worth taka 2 lakh 24 thousand 453 crore have been invited through e-GP system. IME Division Secretary Abul Mansur Md Faizullah, ndc was present at the signing ceremony as chief guest. Md Faruque Hossain, Director General of CPTU and Additional Secretary, and Muhammad Shafiq Bin Abdullah, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of ICB Bank Limited signed the MoU on behalf of their respective sides.Senior officers of IMED and the bank were also present at the signing ceremony.