The government today approved separate proposals for procuring some 2 cargos of LNG, 30,000 metric tons of bagged granular urea fertilizer and 10,000 metric tons of lentil to meet the growing demand of the country.
The approvals came from the 10th meeting of the Advisers Council Committee meeting on Government Purchase in this year held today at the Cabinet Division Conference Room at Bangladesh Secretariat today with Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed in the chair.
Briefing reporters after the meeting, the Finance Adviser said that the main purpose for holding the economic affairs and purchase committee meetings are to ensure procurement of the much needed items alongside other necessary items.
“Side by side, we also thrive for ensuring procurement of cost-efficient items,” he added. The Adviser said they have cleared proposals for procuring lentil and two cargos of LNG for ensuring energy security.
Following two separate proposals from the Energy and Mineral Resources Division, Petrobangla would procure one cargo LNG from the spot market under the DPM method from M/S Total Energies Gas and Power Limited, Switzerland with around Taka 754.42 crore where per MMBtu LNG would cost $15.73.
In another proposal, the Petrobangla would procure one cargo LNG from the spot market through following international quotation from M/S Gunvor Singapore Pte Ltd, Singapore with around Taka 741.95 crore with per MMBtu LNG costing $15.47.
In response to another proposal from the Ministry of Industries, the Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) would procure 30,000 metric tons of bagged granular urea fertilizer from KAFCO, Bangladesh under the 14th lot for the current fiscal year (FY25) with around Taka 154.68 crore where per ton fertilizer would cost $422.62.
Following a proposal from the Ministry of Commerce, the state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) would procure 10,000 metric tons of lentil under local Open Tender Method (OTM) from Sheikh Agro Food Industries, Dhaka with around Taka 95.40 crore with per kg lentil costing Taka 95.40.
The day’s meeting approved another proposal from the Local Government Division under which the Component-1 of the Procurement of Saidabad Water Treatment Plant (Phase-III) Project has been awarded to CMEC-YREC-SMEDI JV with around Taka 5,964.10 crore.
Besides, the purchase committee meeting approved another proposal from the Disaster Management and Relief Division under which the WFP has been awarded the Community Workfare and Services Support, Non Consulting Service-1 under the “ISO Component-6: Building Community Resilience and Self Reliance (BCRSR)” project with around Taka 488 crore.
Advisers concerned attended the meeting while secretaries concerned were present.
