The government approved on Thursday separate proposals for procuring 11 million (1.10 crore) litres of edible oil, 10,000 tonnes of lentil and 1,00,000 tonnes of fertilizer to meet the growing demand of the country, reports BSS.
The approval came from this year's 1st meeting of Advisers' Council Committee on Government Purchase (ACCGP) held at the Cabinet Division conference room at Bangladesh Secretariat with Adviser to the interim government on the Ministry of Finance Dr Salehuddin Ahmed in the chair.
Following a proposal from the Ministry of Commerce, the state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) would procure the soybean oil under the local Open Tender Method (OTM) for the current fiscal year from Super Oil Refinery Limited.
Under another proposal from the Ministry of Commerce, the TCB would procure some 10,000 tonnes of lentil from Shabnam Vegetable Oil Industries Limited under the OTM.
Under a proposal from the Ministry of Industries, the Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) would procure some 30,000 tonnes of bulk granular urea fertilizer from Qatar Energy Marketing under the 8th lot for the fiscal year (FY25).
Besides, the Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) under the Ministry of Agriculture would procure 40,000 tonnes of DAP fertilizer under state-level agreement from MA'ADEN, Saudi Arabia.
Under another proposal from the Ministry of Agriculture, BADC would procure 30,000 tonnes of TSP fertilizer under a state-level agreement from OCP NUTRICROPS SA, Morocco.
The government also approved a proposal for procuring refined fuel oil to meet the demand during January to June 2025.
The approval came from the 1st meeting of the Advisers Council Committee on Government Purchase (ACCGP) this year held at the Cabinet Division conference room at Bangladesh Secretariat with Adviser to the interim government on the Ministry of Finance Dr Salehuddin Ahmed in the chair.
The Energy and Mineral Resources Division would procure refined fuel oil for January to June 2025 under the premium and reference price process from eight enterprises of seven countries at a cost of around Tk 114.79 billion (11,479.04 crore).
The companies are PTTT of Thailand, OQT of Oman, ENOC of the United Arab Emirates, Petrochina of China, BSP of Indonesia, PTLCL of Malaysia, UNIPEC of China and IOCL of India.
The purchase is being made under the government-to-government (G2G) term agreement.
