Saturday, April 27, 2024
The Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) on Thursday approved separate proposals for procuring some 70,000 tonnes of fertiliser and 33.60 lakh MMBtu LNG to meet the growing demand.
These approvals came from the 11th meeting of the CCGP in this year held virtually with Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal in the chair.
Briefing reporters after the meeting virtually, Cabinet Division additional secretary Sayeed Mahbub Khan informed that the CCGP meeting approved a total of seven proposals.
He said that following a proposal from the Ministry of Agriculture, Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) would procure some 40,000 tonnes of DAP fertiliser from OCP, SA, Morocco under state-level agreement with around Tk 262.13 crore where per tonne fertiliser would cost $610, against the previous price of $710.
In response to another proposal from the Ministry of Industries, Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) would procure some 30,000 tonnes of bagged granular fertiliser under the 14th lot from KAFCO, Bangladesh with around Tk 105.43 crore with per tonne fertiliser costing $327.62, down from the previous price of $330.62.
Mahbub said, the CCGP meeting approved a proposal from the Energy and Mineral Resources Division, under which the Petrobangla would procure some 33.60 lakh MMBtu LNG from M/S Excelerate Energy LP, United States with around Tk 578.65 crore with per MMBtu LNG costing $13.69, against the previous price of $14.66.
The state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) under the Ministry of Commerce would procure some 8,000 tonnes of lentil from Uma Expo Pvt Ltd India (local agent: Future Infrastructure Development Ltd. Dhaka) with around Tk 72.91 crore, with per kg lentil costing Tk 91.14.
He informed that following a proposal from the Internal Resources Division (IRD), the National Board of Revenue (NBR) would procure the Software Solution and Automated Risk Management System software from Webb Fontaine Group, Fz-LLC, Dubai, the UAE with around Tk 217.99 crore.
Besides, Mahbub said that the CCGP meeting decided to appoint the joint venture of SMEC, Australia, OCG, Japan, Dohwa Engineering Company Korea, ACE, Bangladesh and DDC, Bangladesh as the consultants for the "Technical Assistance for Road Transport Connectivity Improvement Project Preparatory Facility" with around Tk 44.42 crore under the Road Transport and Highways Division.
The meeting also approved a cost variation proposal from the Road Transport and Highways Division.
Earlier, the 7th meeting on the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) in this year was also held virtually with Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal in the chair.
The meeting approved in principle a proposal from the Ministry of Shipping for implementing the project for appointing international standard private operator for operating and maintaining the New Mooring Container Terminal at Chattogram port with overflow container yard through Public Private Partnership (PPP) method in line with the Procurement Guidelines for PPP Project, 2018.
