Staff Reporter :
The government on Tuesday (21 May) approved separate proposals for procuring 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.
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 that following a proposal from the Ministry of Industries, the Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) would procure 30,000 tonnes of bulk granular urea fertiliser from Fertiglobe Distribution Ltd., UAE, at a cost of approximately Tk95.70 crore, with each tonne of fertiliser costing $271.50.
In response to a proposal from the Ministry of Commerce, the state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will procure 1.10 crore litres of soybean oil under the local Open Tender Method (OTM) from Super Oil Refinery Limited at a cost of around Tk182.40 crore, where each litre of soybean oil will cost Tk152.45.
Mahmudul mentioned that the CCGP meeting approved a proposal from the Local Government Division, under which a package (W-4) for the “Modernization 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, at a cost of approximately Tk258.60 crore.
He said the meeting also approved two separate proposals from the Power Division for Lot 1 and Lot 2 of the modernization and capacity enhancement of BPDB’s power distribution system (Dhaka and Mymensingh Divisions). Under Lot 1, 57.5 kilometres of 11 kV underground cable will be erected at a cost of Tk43.81 crore by Zhongtian Technology Submarine Cable Co., Ltd., China. Under Lot-2, 83 kilometres of 33 kV underground cable will be set up at a cost of Tk68.16 crore by BRB Cable Industries Ltd., Kushtia, Bangladesh.
Following two other separate proposals from the Power Division, 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, at a cost of approximately Tk213.10 crore under the project for modernization and capacity enhancement of BPDB’s power distribution system (Dhaka and Mymensingh Divisions). In another package under the same project, 63,178 SPC poles will be procured from Bangladesh Machine Tools Factory Limited, Gazipur, Bangladesh, at a cost of approximately Tk212.97 crore.
Mahmudul said the 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 will be upgraded at a cost of 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.
