To fulfill the nation’s increasing demand, the government today approved separate bids for the purchase of 1,00,000 MTs of fertilizer, 10,000 MTs of lentils, and 1.10 crore liters of edible oil.
Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed, the adviser to the interim government on the Ministry of Finance, presided over the first meeting of the Advisers Council Committee on Government Purchase (ACCGP) this year, which was held in the Cabinet Division conference room at the Bangladesh Secretariat.
Following a proposal from the Ministry of Commerce, the state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) would procure 1.10 crore litres of soybean oil under local Open Tender Method (OTM) for the current fiscal year from Super Oil Refinery Limited with around Taka 189.14 crore with per litre oil costing Taka 171.95.
In response to another proposal from the Ministry of Commerce, the TCB would procure some 10,000 MTs of lentil from Shabnam Vegetable Oil Industries Limited under OTM with around Taka 94.95 crore where per kilogram (Kg) lentil would cost Taka 94.95.
The Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) would purchase approximately 30,000 MTs of bulk granular urea fertilizer from Qatar Energy Marketing under the eighth lot for the fiscal year (FY25) with approximately Taka 127.68 crore, per ton fertilizer costing $354.67, in response to a proposal from the Ministry of Industries.
Additionally, under a state-level arrangement, the Ministry of Agriculture’s Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) would purchase 40,000 MTs of DAP fertilizer from MA’ADEN, Saudi Arabia, for about Taka 296.16 crore, with a fertilizer price of $617 per ton.
In response to another proposal from the Ministry of Agriculture, BADC would procure 30,000 MTs of TSP fertilizer under state-level agreement from OCP NUTRICROPS SA, Morocco with around Taka 158.40 crore where per ton fertilizer would cost $440.
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