Govt to buy 1.10cr litters soybean oil, 12,500 tonnes sugar, 3cr blank smart cards

Staff Reporter :
The government has decided to purchase 1.10 crore litres of Soybean oil from India and 12,500 tonnes sugar from Singapore.
Apart from it, the Armed Forces Division (AFD) is to procure three crore blank smart cards from the Bangladesh Machine Tools Factory Limited (BMTF).

The approval was given from a Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) meeting held the cabinet division of the Secretariat with Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal in the chair on Tuesday.

A total of eight proposals were given approval by the Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP).
Talking to reporters virtually after the meeting, Additional Secretary of the Cabinet Division Md Syed Mahbub Khan said a proposal of the state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) under the Commerce Ministry to import 12,500 tonnes sugar from Smart Matrix Pte. Ltd., Singapore with a cost of Tk 66.79 crore received the CCGP approval.

Besides, the meeting also approved another proposal of the TCB to procure 1.10 crore litres of Soybean oil from Guven Traders Ptv. Ltd. India with a cost of Tk 148.30 crore.

Apart from it, the CCGP meeting approved a proposal for the Armed Forces Division (AFD) under the Ministry of Defence to procure three crore blank smart cards from the BMTF under “Identification System for Enhancing Access to Services (2nd Phase)” with a cost of TK 406.50 crore, the Additional Secretary said.

According to Md Syed Mahbub Khan, the CCGP meeting has given approval for five proposals of the Roads and Highways Department (RHD) under the Road, Transport and Highways Division.

As per approved proposal, the Roads and Highways Department (RHD) to procure construction works of lot no DS-7 package no-PW-04 under “SASEC Dhaka-Sylhet Corridor Road Development” project from Joint Venture of the SRBG, China and BTC of Bangladesh with a cost of Tk 947.74 crore, he said.

He, however, said that the meeting also approved another proposal of the RHD to procure construction works under “Sherpur (Kanasakhola)-Bhimganj-Narayankhola-Rambhadrapur-Mymensingh (Rahmatpur) Road Development” Project Package No-PW-01 from Joint Venture of Mozahar Enterprise Pvt. Ltd., National Development Engineers Ltd. and Sagar Info Builders Ltd. with a cost of Tk 149.99 crore.
Another proposal of the RHD to procure construction works of lot no DS-8, package no-PW-04 under “SASEC Dhaka-Sylhet Corridor Road Development” project from Joint Venture of CSCEC7, China; and Spectra Engineers Ltd. of Bangladesh with a cost of Tk 1,178.68 crore was also get the CCGP approval.

He said that another proposal of the RHD was also given the approval to procure construction works under “Up- gradation of Gouripur-Anandganj-Madhupur-Dewanganj Bazar-Hosenpur District Highway to the proper grade” project by Taher Brothers Ltd. with a cost of Taka 131.47 crore.

According to the Additional Secretary of the Cabinet Division, the CCGP meeting also approved another proposal of the RHD to procure construction works under “Sherpur (Kanasakhola)-Bhimganj-Narayankhola-Rambhadrapur-Mymensingh (Rahmatpur) Road Development” Project Package No-PW-02 from Joint Venture of National Development Engineers Ltd. and Hasan Techno Builders Ltd. with a cost of Tk 180 crore.