Planning Adviser Wahiduddin Mahmud has announced major reforms in public procurement, ensuring greater opportunities for new contractors. Under the new rules, 30% of all government tender work must be allocated to new contractors. Previously, powerful groups repeatedly secured contracts through collusion, but this practice is being phased out. Mahmud explained that bids will no longer be judged solely on experience. Instead, a contractor’s past performance, business dealings, and financial integrity—including loan defaults or corruption—will be scrutinized. “This marks a quiet revolution in government procurement,” he said, describing it as one of the administration’s landmark reforms. He added that steps are underway to resolve land acquisition bottlenecks in project implementation and to prioritize the use of state-owned (khas) land to protect agricultural fields. A committee has already been formed to identify and manage khas land across the country.
পরিকল্পনা উপদেষ্টা ড. ওয়াহিদউদ্দিন মাহমুদ বলেছেন, আগে মাফিয়াচক্র ক্রমাগতভাবে বিভিন্ন প্রকল্পের কাজ পেত। সেটি এখন বন্ধ করা হচ্ছে। কেননা সরকারি ক্রয় আইন সংশোধন করে ১০ শতাংশ দরের বেশি বা কম রাখার বিধান বাদ দেওয়া হয়েছে। বিধিমালা আইন মন্ত্রণালয়ের ভেটিং শেষে গেজেট হলেই না বাস্তবায়ন শুরু হবে।
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