All tenders, procurement processes of local government institutions suspended

The Local Government Division has directed to keep all tenders and procurement processes related to works, services and goods supply of the institutions under it suspended. This directive will remain effective until the rules are formulated and the new rate schedule is published under the amended ordinance related to government procurement.

This directive was issued from the Administration-1 branch of the Local Government Division on Thursday (October 15). The letter signed by Senior Assistant Secretary of the division A B M Ariful Islam has been sent to the concerned officials of all city corporations, municipalities, district councils and upazila councils of the country.

It has been said in the letter that until the rules are formulated and the new rate schedule is published under the Public Procurement (Amendment) Ordinance-2026, the tenders and procurement processes of all related works, services and goods supply will have to be kept suspended. It has been asked to take necessary measures in this regard until further directive is given.

The directive has been sent to the chief executive officers of all city corporations, administrators of municipalities, chief executive officers of district councils and administrators of upazila councils. Besides, copies of the letter have also been given to the related offices including the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) and the Department of Public Health Engineering.

Due to this directive, the new tenders and procurement processes of development works, receiving services and buying goods of the local government institutions will remain suspended. However, no separate directive has been given in the letter regarding the works for which work orders have already been given or the projects under implementation.

No specific timeframe for the formulation of the rules of the amended ordinance and the publication of the new rate schedule has also been mentioned. As a result, it has not been made clear in the directive how long the suspension order will remain in force and what measures will be taken in the case of the ongoing procurement processes.