The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake
The Minister provided answers on SLTB procurement and stock management, stating that purchases are made under the National Procurement Guidelines 2024 and that selected suppliers provide items at fixed prices with 30 days’ credit based on quarterly requirements. He said SLTB stores and issues supplies according to financial capacity, a practice followed since the closure of the Werahera 606 Warehouse Complex in 1991, with bonded supplier warehouses used during 2011–2014. He added that a stock-control computer system is operating at Head Office level and is planned for expansion to depot level.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, the answer is as follows.
¶ 02 (a) (i) As per the National Procurement Guidelines – 2024, issued by the National Procurement Commission established under Article 156A(1) of Chapter XIX of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. (ii) No. (iii) Does not arise. (iv) Does not arise. (v) Based on quarterly requirements, after procurement, selected suppliers provide items to SLTB at fixed prices and 30 days’ credit. Subject to financial capacity, SLTB purchases for two weeks or more requirements, stores them and issues as needed, replenishing stocks similarly. (vi) Followed since the closure of the Werahera 606 Warehouse Complex in 1991. Further, during 2011–2014, two selected suppliers maintained bonded warehouses at Katubedda and unit-level SLTB premises to supply parts on 30 days’ credit to SLTB depots. After 2014, stock management is as stated in (v). (vii) A stock-control computer system is implemented at Head Office level and will be expanded to depot level in future.
¶ 03 (b) Not applicable.
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Cite as: The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 11 November 2025. No. 22786. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/11876