The Adviser's Council Committee on Government Procurement (ACCGP) on Wednesday approved procurement proposals to import 2 cargoes of LNG (liquefied natural gas) 32.60 lakh liters of soybean oil, 10,000 tonnes of chickpeas and 5,000 tonnes of sugar.
The decision came at the meeting chaired by Finance Adviser of the interim government Dr Salehuddin Ahmed held at Cabinet Division in the secretariat to meet the growing domestic demand ahead of the Holy Month of Ramadan.
Briefing reporters after the meeting, Salehuddin Ahmed said that the ACCGP meeting approved a total of eight proposals. It includes three separate proposals made by Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) to bolster domestic stock.
Under the proposals, the US-based Excelerate Energy LP will supply one LNG cargo, containing 3.366 million MMBtu (Million British Thermal Unit) at a cost of Tk 6.86 billion, with each MMBtu) at $14.55. The same company will supply another cargo of same quantity at a cost of Tk 6.70 billion, with each MMBtu at $14.65.
The TCB would procure some 32.60 lakh liters of soybean oil under Direct Procurement Method (DPM) from Bashundhara Multi Food Products Limited at a cost of around Taka 53.18 crore where per liter would cost Taka 163.15.
TCB would also procure some 10,000 tonnes of chickpeas under Open Tender Method (OTM) from Australian two companies at around Taka 101.99 crore where per Kg chickpeas would cost Taka 107.39.
Out of the 10,000 tonnes chickpeas TCB would procure 4,000 tonnes from DSL Pacific Pty Limited and 6,000 tonnes from M/S Aust-Grain Exports Pty limited.
The TCB would also procure some 5,000 tonnes sugar Under OTM from City Sugar Industries Limited at around Taka 60.46 crore where per Kg sugar would cost Taka 120.92.
Against a proposal, Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) would procure some 30,000 tonnes of bulk granular urea fertilizer under the 3rd lot under state-level agreement in fiscal FY25 from Muntajat, Qatar at around Taka 131.76 crore where per tonne fertilizer would cost $366.
Through another proposal, BCIC would procure some 30,000 tonnes of bulk granular urea fertilizer under state-level agreement in the current fiscal FY25 from SABIC Agri-nutrients Company, Saudi Arabia at around Taka 137.76 crore where per tonne fertilizer would cost $382.67.
Besides this, under another proposal, BCIC would procure 30,000 tonnes of bagged granular urea fertilizer from KAFCO, Bangladesh at around Taka 131.53 crore where per tonne fertilizer would cost $365.38.