The Adviser's Council Committee on Government Purchase at a meeting on Wednesday approved separate proposals for procuring one cargo LNG, some 90,000 tonnes of fertilizer and 10,000 tonnes of lentil to meet the growing demand for such items in the country.
The meeting held in Cabinet Division Conference Room at Bangladesh Secretariat was presided over by Adviser to the interim government for the Ministries of Finance and Commerce Dr Salehuddin Ahmed.
Briefing reporters after the meeting, the Finance Adviser said the meeting discussed that there would be no scarcity of essential items in the market as the government have approved a proposal for procuring lentil Wednesday.
Side by side, he said the meeting approved proposals for procuring LNG and fertilizer and thus these would help to meet energy crisis in industries and supplement agricultural activities.
The meeting gave in anticipation approval to a proposal from the Energy and Mineral Resources Division under which Petrobangla would procure one cargo LNG from the spot market from M/S Gunvor Singapore Pte Ltd at a cost of around Taka 657.13 crore where per MMBtu LNG would cost $13.93.
Under another proposal Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) would procure some 30,000 tonnes of TSP fertilizer from OCP, SA, Morocco under state-level agreement at a cost of Taka 149.40 crore with per ton fertilizer costing $415.
Under another proposal, Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) would procure 30,000 tonnes of bulk granular urea fertilizer from SABIC Agri-Nutrients Company, Saudi Arabia under the 3rd lot with around Taka 128.22 crore where per ton fertilizer would cost $356.17.
The BCIC in another consignment would procure some 30,000 tonnes of bagged granular urea fertilizer from KAFCO, Bangladesh at a cost of around Taka 123.61 crore where per ton fertilizer would cost $343.37.
Besides, the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) would procure some 10,000 tonnes of lentil under local Open Tender Method (OTM) from M/S Payel Traders, 244, Khatunganj, Chattogram at a cost of around Taka 96.39 crore where per kg lentil would cost Taka 96.39.
