The Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) approved separate proposals for procuring some 1 lakh tonnes of fertilizer, 10,000 tonnes of phosphoric acid and around 73,000 SPC poles to meet the country's growing internal demand.
Finance Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali presided over the meeting held in the Cabinet Division conference room on Wednesday.
Cabinet Division sources said following a proposal from the Ministry of Agriculture, Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) would procure some 40,000 tonnes of DAP fertilizer from MA'ADEN, Saudi Arabia at around Taka 259.60 crore where per ton fertilizer would cost $550.
On two separate proposals from the Ministry of Industries, Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) would procure 30,000 tonnes of bagged granular urea fertilizer from KAFCO under the 1st lot at around Taka 116.90 crore where per ton fertilizer would cost $330.50.
BCIC would purchase another consignment of 30,000 tonnes of bulk granular urea fertilizer from Fertiglobe Distribution Limited, UAE under the 10th lot at around Taka 121.48 crore with per ton fertilizer costing $343.17.
BCIC would procure some 10,000 tonnes of phosphoric acid from Guangxi Pengyue Eco-Technology Co Ltd. China at around Taka 66.69 crore with per ton of phosphoric acid costing $570.
On a proposal from the Power Division, Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (BREB) would procure some 24,300 SPC poles from Bangladesh Machine Tools Factory Ltd at around Taka 76.68 crore for modernization and capacity enhancement (Khulna Division).
Under the same project, BREB will procure 24,300 SPC poles from Charka SPC Poles Ltd JV with DADA Engineering Ltd, TSCO Power Limited and Pasha Poles Ltd at around Taka 76.65 crore. BREB will procure another batch of 24,297 SPC poles from Poles and Concrete Ltd JV with Contech Construction Ltd, Royel Green Products Ltd and Sheltech Technology at around Taka 76.61 crore.
Besides, the CCGP meeting approved two projects each from the Power Division and the ICT Division, the sources said.
