Mongolia Three Issues Tender

Todays online meeting of the Standing Committee on Education Culture Science and Sports of the State Great Hural started at 230 pm and three issues were discussed and resolved. At the beginning of the meeting information was heard on the progress of public procurement in 2021 in the fields of education culture science and sports . N.Tserensambuu Head of e-Procurement and Information Technology Division of the Public Procurement Agency introduced this. According to him a total of 457 projects and activities will be implemented nationwide. According to the results of this event 304 or 67 percent of tenders were announced of which 63 or 14 percent were opened and evaluated 81 or 18 percent were awarded contracts 160 or 35 percent were announced and tenders were not completed. . Within the framework of these 457 projects there are 36 kindergartens 18 schools 16 hospitals 7 cultural centers 9 roads and 11 networks. A total of 146 projects and activities were prepared of which 115 were illustrated 67 were not illustrated 40 were not verified and 35 were announced on a turnkey basis . According to the progress of education culture and sports projects and activities announced by the State Procurement Agency there are 47 projects and activities of the Ministry of Education Culture and Science 33 projects 3 projects out of 10 projects of the Ministry of Culture and 7 projects in the budget of the State Committee for Physical Culture and Sports. Five of them did not receive terms of reference drawings feasibility studies and related information. Law for state and local government procurement trade and services y for a quality budget lirlyn properties are set to start procurement immediately confirmed. Within five working days of the approval of the list of projects and activities to be organized by the Public Procurement Agency the relevant budget portfolios shall submit their drawings and feasibility studies . To date 41 projects in these three sectors alone have not submitted bids or are unable to announce tenders. The meeting was attended by G.Ganbayar Deputy Minister of Education and Science Kh.Ulam-Urnukh Head of the Public Procurement Department Ts.Odonbayar Deputy Chairman of the State Committee for Physical Culture and Sports and other officials. Members of the State Great Hural G.Damdinnyam and Ts.Munkhtsetseg asked questions and commented on the issues under discussion. Information was provided on the investment required in the education sector and the computerization of teachers and studentsCh.Enkh-Amgalan Head of the Investment Department of the Ministry of Education and Science on the progress of investment in the education and science sector in the 2021 fiscal year O.Dunjinnamdag Head of the Information Technology and Statistics Department of the Ministry introduced the activities. Over the past three years progress has been made in the education sector investments have been made to some extent and 140 facilities have been commissioned annually. In 2020 63 kindergartens and 31 schools and in 2019 46 schools and 76 kindergartens were put into operation creating conditions for three shifts. In addition Ch. he said.For the last 20 years the Ministry of Education Science and Culture has been gradually implementing information technology infrastructure creating a unified database developing an integrated information system for all levels of education providing educational institutions with computer equipment and developing e-learning platforms and e-content. O.Dunjinnamdag Head of the Information Technology and Statistics Department of the Ministry of Education and Science emphasized in his presentation.Members of the State Great Hural Ts.Munkhtsetseg Kh.Gankhuyag and G.Munkhtsetseg asked questions and commented on the information. Members were more interested in the calculations and research required to provide teachers with laptops.The Ministry of Education and Science has been working on e-transition for the last 10 years. In 2015 Ch. Enkh-Amgalan the head of the Investment Department of the Ministry said that for the first time 25000 teachers were provided with computers within the framework of the New Century Education project. In addition the Working Group added that a total of 40000 laptops are needed to provide computers to 31000 secondary school and 9000 kindergarten teachers and that the direct purchase price is estimated at MNT 1.5 million or about MNT 60 billion for direct purchases. Then G.Damdinnyam Chairman of the Standing Committee will work with the Standing Committee on Budget which is responsible for intensifying the procurement process with public investment in education culture science and sports and making proposals and conclusions on future investments in the sector. announced the formation of a group. In this context the majority of members present at the meeting supported the adoption of the draft resolution of the Standing Committee on the Establishment of a Joint Working Group. The working group will be chaired by Kh. Gankhuyag Member of the State Great Hural and will consist of P. Anujin T. Enkhtuvshin L. Enkh-Amgalan A. Adyaasuren G. Amartuvshin G. Munkhtsetseg and some members of the Standing Committee on Budget. . The draft resolution of the Standing Committee on Some measures to ensure the implementation of the law on food production and service in secondary schools was approved.