The government will buy about 17 lakh metric tonnes of refined fuel oil worth Tk 12,850 from China, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Indonesia and Malaysia.
The approval was given from the meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) held virtually with Finance Minister AM Mustafa Kamal in the chair on Wednesday.
Briefing reporters virtually after the meeting, Cabinet Division additional secretary Sayeed Mahbub Khan said that the purchase committee meeting approved a total of 13 proposals worth Tk 18,479.17 crore.
He said Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) would procure some 16.80 lakh tonnes of refined fuel oil with around Taka 12,850.87 crore including premium and reference price from six state-owned enterprises of different countries for July to December period of the current year.
This fuel oil will be procured from PTTT of Thailand, ENOC of the United Arab Emirates, Petrochina of China, BSP of Indonesia, PTLCL of Malaysia and UNIPEC of China.
Mahbub informed that following three separate proposals from the Ministry of Commerce, the state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) would procure some 80 lakh liters of soybean oil through local open tendering method from Meghna Edible Oil Refinery Ltd with around Taka 131.16 crore for the current fiscal year with per liter soybean oil costing Taka 158.67 against the previous price of Taka 161.37.
Additional secretary Sayeed Mahbub Khan said that the purchase committee meeting approved a total of 13 proposals worth Tk 18,479.17
crore.
He said the TCB would also procure some 75 lakh liters of rice bran oil
through local Direct Procurement Method (DPM) with around Taka
117.75 crore.
The TCB would procure some 8,000 tonnes of lentil under local open
tender method for the current fiscal year with around Taka 75.59 crore
from Nabil Naba Foods Ltd with per kilogram (kg) lentil costing Taka
83.51 against the previous price of Taka 94.84.
The Cabinet Division additional secretary said following a proposal
from the Road Transport and Highways Division, the day's CCGP
meeting decided to award the package number WP-01 of the
"Kewatkhali Bridge Construction Project in Mymensingh" to the joint
venture of CSCEC China and Spectra Engineers, Bangladesh with
around Taka 2,137.97 crore.
Besides, he said that the day's purchase committee meeting approved
another five proposals from the Road Transport and Highways Division,
two proposals from the Local Government Division, and one proposal
each from the Energy and Mineral Resources Division and Secondary
and Higher Education Division.
