The Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) on Monday approved 17 proposals, including one to procure around 40,000 tonnes of DAP fertiliser from Morocco.
The approval came from the 13rd meeting of CCGP this year, held at the Cabinet Division of Bangladesh Secretariat with Finance Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali in the chair, reports BSS.
Briefing reporters after the meeting, Cabinet Division Secretary (Coordination and Reform) Md Mahmudul Hossain Khan said, “The day’s meeting approved a total of 17 proposals.
“Following a proposal from the Ministry of Agriculture, Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) would procure 40,000 tonnes of DAP fertiliser from Morocco under state-level agreement with around Tk 210.10 crore.”
Following a proposal from the commerce ministry, he added, the state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) would import 10,000 tonnes of lentils by Open Tender Method (OTM) from Swapna Vegetable Oil Industries, with per kg lentil costing Tk 101.3.
In another proposal, the TCB would procure 50 lakh litres of soybean oil from Sonargaon Seeds Crushing Mills Ltd, with per litre costing Tk 151.45.
The TCB, in another proposal, would procure 1.30 crore litres refined palm oil from Shun Shing Edible Oil Ltd with per litre costing Tk 143.
CCGP also approved a variation proposal of Security Service Division to procure operation support under the “E-Passport and Automated Border Control Management Project” from Verdos GmbH, Germany with a cost of Tk 3,512.36 crore.
The meeting also approved a proposal of Road Transport and Highways Division to procure services under Project Implementation Consultancy Services (Construction Supervision, Procurement Assistance) for Improvement of Cumilla Mainamati-Brahmanbaria National Highway as 4-Lane National Highway Project from SARM Associates Ltd in joint venture with Meinhardt (Singapore) PTE, Pyunghwa Engineering Consultants, Korea and Dev Consultants Ltd, Bangladesh and in association with Tariq and Associates Ltd, Bangladesh (sub-consultant) and Knowledge Management Consultants (KMC) Ltd, and Bangladesh (Sub-consultant) with a cost of Tk 41.03 crore.
The meeting approved a proposal of Bangladesh Bridge Division to appointment contractor for “Replacing (Supplying, Installation, Testing and Commissioning) of Pot Bearing and Shock Transmission Device/Seismic Device for 4.8 km ling Bangabandhu Bridge” works.
Joint venture of CCCC-second Harbor Engineering Company Ltd and China Road and Bridge Corporation (CCCC-SHEC and CRBC JV) will implement the works with a cost of Tk 128.47 crore.
The meeting also approved a proposal of Power Division to procure electricity at Tk 7.04 for per kilowatt hour from Shahjibazar Power Co Ltd for a 5-year extended period under "No electricity no payment" method from the 86MW gas based rental power plant at Madhabpur under the Habiganj district.
The CCGP also approved another six price adjustment and necessary variation proposals of the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) under the “Agricultural irrigation based on solar power pump (Amendment) project.”
The meeting also approved another proposal of Power Division to procure Steel Cross Arm under the “Modernisation and Capacity Enhancement of BREB Network (Dhaka-Mymensingh Division) project” from Pasha Electro Industries Ltd with a cost of Tk 80.92 crore.
Besides, the CCGP approved two proposals of the Local Government Division for construction of important bridges in rural area and multipurpose disaster shelters.
