Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will procure 1.10 crore litres of soyabean oil and 8,000 metric tons (MT) of lentil to meet the increased demand during the holy month of Ramadan.
Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) in a meeting on Wednesday approved two separate proposals, placed by the Commerce Ministry on behalf of TCB, in this regard.
Agriculture Minister Md Abdur Razzaque presided over the meeting while members of the committee attended it.
The TCB will procure soyabean oil from local supplier Meghna Group at Tk 194.56 crore.
Cabinet Division additional secretary Syed Mahbub Khan informed that Meghna won the contract for the supply through an open tender quoted Tk 176.88 for per litre of oil.
He also said that 8,000 tonnes of lentils would cost Tk 73.29 crore. A Turkey company will supply the item at Tk 91.60 per kg.
The TCB's move to procure the products is a part of its open market sale (OMS) programme to sell those at a controlled price.
Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi who attended the meeting told reporters that there was no chance to decrease the prices of TCB items.
The Cabinet body also approved 13 more proposals with an overall involvement of Tk 1,489.38 crore.
It approved a proposal from the Department of Immigration and Passports seeking extra cost of Tk 88.11 crore for operational support from German company Veridos GmbH under its project ‘Introduction of e-passport and automatic border control system in Bangladesh’.
The committee approved a proposal of the Dhaka WASA to award a Tk 91.20 crore contract to VA Tech Wabag Ltd of India for reconstruction, expansion and operation of Pagla Sewage Treatment Plant.
A Roads and Highways Department proposal to appoint a contractor for the widening of the Baraiyerhat-Hiako-Ramgarh road project in Khagrachhari district at Tk 683.71 crore received the nod of the committee.
The cabinet committee approved three proposals for purchasing 15 Straddle carriers by the Chittagong Port Authority at around Tk126.6 crore.
It also approved two proposals from the Rural Electrification Board to purchase equipment from BRB Cables at around Tk 214.08 crore for its upgrading project in Dhaka and Mymensingh.
Five variation proposals from the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority worth over Tk 40 crore under its ‘Construction and Delivery of Medium, Utility Type and Rocket Ghat Pontoon for 35 Vessel Project’ received the approval of the Cabinet body.
Source: United News of Bangladesh