Cabinet body approves import of 50,000 tonnes of boiled rice

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The Cabinet Committee on Public Purchase at a meeting Sunday approved six proposals from different ministries for the procurement of goods and services and for setting up a New-mooring Container Terminal (NCT) at the Chittagong port, reports UNB.
Finance Minister AMA Muhith presided over the meeting, which was attended by senior ministers.
Of the six proposals which received approval, the Food Department under the Ministry Food will import 50,000 tonnes of non-Basmati boiled rice from Singapore-based Indo-Sino Trade Pte Ltd at a cost of Tk 1.71 billion. The firm, which won the contract through international bidding, will supply the bulk rice at a rate of US$ 492 per tonne.
The Food Department will also import 300,000 tonnes of wheat from Russia under a state-to-state contract at a cost of Tk 4.57 billion. The Russian state-owned United Grain Company will supply the bulk wheat at a rate of $ 219 per tonne.
A tender proposal of Housing and Public Works Ministry to build three high-rise residential buildings at a total cost of Tk 470.70 million at Mohammadpur Block-F in the city received approval.
National Housing Authority will construct the buildings, each having 60 flats, under a project to sell out flats to the middle and low-income people on hire-purchase basis.
The committee also approved a tender proposal of the Chittagong Port Authority under the Shipping Ministry to construct back-up facilities behind berth No-4 and 5 at the New Mooring Container Terminal.
A local firm - Project Builders Ltd - was selected as responsive bidder to carry out the work at a cost of Tk 978.50 million.
A Finance Ministry proposal to appoint PDP Australia Pty Ltd as consultant for implementing a project - Deepening MTBF and Strengthening Financial Accountability - obtained the nod of the Cabinet body. The firm was proposed to be appointed at a cost of Tk 2.97 billion.
The Cabinet Committee also gave its nod to a proposal of the Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED) under the Planning Ministry to appoint a consultant at a cost of Tk 166.10 million for its Public Procurement Reform Project-2.
The UK-based Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS), in association with IGS of BRAC University, was selected consultant for the project.