The Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) on Tuesday approved 15 proposals, including one proposal to import 40 megawatts (MW) hydroelectricity from Nepal.
The approval came from the 15th meeting of the CCGP this year held at the Cabinet Division at Bangladesh Secretariat with Finance Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali in the chair, reports BSS.
Briefing the reporters after the meeting, Cabinet Division Secretary (Coordination and Reform) Md Mahmudul Hossain Khan said that the day's meeting approved a total of 15 proposals.
He said following a proposal from the Power Division, the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) would import 40MW of hydroelectricity for five years from Nepal under a tripartite agreement among Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Limited (NVVN) and BPDB.
Each unit of this electricity will be priced at Tk 8.17, he added.
Explaining the process, Mahmudul said, "This electricity will be transmitted to Bangladesh via the Indian grid."
The BPDB has initiated a 5-year project worth Tk 650 crore to facilitate this electricity import, he added.
Mahmudul Hossain said following a proposal from the Ministry of Agriculture, Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) would procure 25,000 tonnes of TSP fertiliser from Tunisia under a state-level agreement with a per tonne of $395.25.
He said following another proposal, BADC would procure 40,000 tonnes of MOP fertiliser from Canadian Commercial Corporation under a state-level agreement per tonne at $275.50.
Following another proposal, BADC would also procure 40,000 tonnes of DAP fertiliser from OCP Morocco under a state-level agreement with a per tonne at $478.
Mahmudul informed that following a proposal of the Industries Ministry, Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) would procure 30,000 tonnes of Urea fertiliser from Qatar Chemical and Petrochemical Marketing and Distribution Company (Muntajat) QPJSC Qatar under state-level agreement per tonne at $311.67.
He said that following another proposal, BCIC would procure 30,000 metric tons of Urea fertiliser from Karnaphuli Fertilizer Company Limited (KAFCO) per tonne at $294.63.
Following a proposal from the Ministry of Commerce, he said, the state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) would procure 20,000 tonnes of lentils by Open Tender Method (OTM) from Nabil Naba Food Products Limited with per KG lentil costing at Taka 102.50.
In another proposal, the TCB would procure 2.20 crore litres of soybean oil from Super Oil Refinery Limited with a per litre costing Taka 150.90.
The CCGP also approved a proposal from the Road Transport and Highways Division to procure services on ‘Consulting Service for Detailed Design and other Preparatory Study on Selected Road Project’ under the Technical Assistance for “Road Transport Connectivity Improvement Project Preparatory Facility (RTCIPPF)” project.
The CCGP also approved one proposal from the Public Security Division, one proposal from Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) under the Energy and Mineral Resources Division and another four proposals from the Road Transport and Highways Division.
