The government on Wednesday approved separate proposals for procuring some 1.90 lakh tonnes of fertiliser, 1.45 crore litres of edible oil and 27,000 tonnes of lentil in order to meet the growing demand of the country.
The approval came from the 31st meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) this year held today 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 day's CCGP meeting approved a total of 11 proposals.
He said following two separate proposals from the Ministry of Industries, Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) would procure 30,000 tonnes of bulk granular urea fertiliser from SABIC Agri-nutrients Company, Saudi Arabia under the 1st lot with around Tk 120.45 crore per tonne fertiliser costing $365. The BCIC will procure another consignment of 30,000 tonnes of bulk granular urea fertiliser from KAFCO, Bangladesh under the 4th lot with around Tk 118.84 crore where per ton fertiliser would cost $307.12.
Mahbub said following three separate proposals from the Ministry of Agriculture, Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) would procure 30,000 tonnes of TSP fertiliser under the 8th lot under state-level agreement from OCP, SA, Morocco with around Tk 130.02 crore with the cost of per ton fertiliser reaching at $394.
Under the two state-level agreements, the BADC will procure 50,000 tonnes of MOP fertiliser from Canadian Commercial Corporation under the 15th lot with around Tk 180.26 crore while the BADC will procure another consignment of 50,000 tonnes of MOP fertiliser from Canadian Commercial Corporation under the 16th lot with around Tk 180.26 crore. The cost per ton of fertilizer in both the lots would be $327.75.
In response to two separate proposals from the Ministry of Commerce, the state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) would procure 80 lakh litres of soybean oil under the local open tender method for the current fiscal year from City Edible Oil Limited with around Tk 128.24 crore with per litres oil costing TK 160.30.
The TCB will procure another consignment of 65 lakh litres of rice bran oil under local DPM method with around Tk 103.35 crore where the price per litres of oil would be Tk 159.
In two other separate proposals, the TCB would procure 6,000 tonnes of lentil from two suppliers with around Tk 66.60 crore per KG lentil costing Tk 111. The TCB will procure another consignment of 21,000 tonnes of lentil from four suppliers with around Tk 207.90 crore per KG lentil costing Tk 99.
The day's CCGP meeting also approved a procurement proposal from the Road Transport and Highways Division and a cost variation proposal from the Ministry of Water Resources.
