The government on Tuesday approved separate proposals for procuring approximately 1.10 crore litres of soybean oil and 30,000 tonnes of fertiliser to meet the growing demand of the country.
The approval came from the 12th meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) this year, held at the Cabinet Division conference room with Finance Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali in the chair, reports BSS.
Briefing reporters after the meeting, Cabinet Division Secretary (Coordination and Reforms) Md Mahmudul Hossain Khan said that the day's meeting approved a total of 10 proposals.
He said, following a proposal from the Ministry of Industries, the Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) would procure approximately 30,000 tonnes of bulk granular urea fertiliser under the 8th lot, under a state-level agreement in the current fiscal year (FY24) from Fertiglobe Distribution Ltd, UAE, for around Tk95.70 crore, where per tonne fertiliser would cost $271.50.
In response to a proposal from the Ministry of Commerce, the state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will procure approximately 1.10 crore litres of soybean oil under local Open Tender Method (OTM) from Super Oil Refinery Limited for around Tk182.40 crore, where per litre soybean oil would cost Tk152.45.
Mahmudul said the day's CCGP meeting approved a proposal from the Local Government Division, under which a package (W-4) under the "Modernisation of City Street Light System at Different Areas Under Chattogram City Corporation", being implemented by Chattogram City Corporation with Indian soft-term Line of Credit-3, has been awarded to Shapoorji Pallonji & Company Private Limited (SPCPL), Maharashtra, India, for around Tk258.60 crore.
He said the meeting approved two separate proposals from the Power Division for Lot-1 and Lot-2 for the Modernisation and capacity enhancement of BPDB's power distribution system (Dhaka and Mymensingh Divisions).
Under Lot-1, approximately 57.5 kilometres of 11kv underground cable would be erected for Tk43.81 crore by the Zhongtian Technology Submarine Cable Co Ltd, China, while under Lot-2, approximately 83 kilometres of 33kv underground cable would be set up for Tk68.16 crore by BRB Cable Industries Ltd, Kushtia, Bangladesh.
Following two other separate proposals from the Power Division, approximately 63,178 SPC Poles will be procured under a package from Confidence Infrastructure Limited JV with Contech Construction Ltd, Dada Engineering Limited, and Poles and Concrete Limited for around Tk213.10 crore, under the project for Modernisation and capacity enhancement of BPDB's power distribution system (Dhaka and Mymensingh Divisions).
In another package under the same project, approximately 63,178 SPC poles will be procured from Bangladesh Machine Tools Factory Limited, Gazipur, Bangladesh, for around Tk212.97 crore.
Mahmudul said the day's CCGP meeting approved another proposal from the Local Government Division, under which the road from Rayerbazar Sluice Gate to Iron Bridge on the Inner Circular Ring Road would be upgraded for around Tk804.75 crore by National Development Engineers Ltd.
The meeting also approved one proposal each from the Secondary and Higher Education Division and the Local Government Division.
