TCB to appoint dealers at div hqs, DCC wards
Monday, 25 June 2007
FE Report
The state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will soon employ dealers in divisional headquarters to help government keep prices of most essentials stable during the holy month of Ramadan.
"We have almost completed selection process for appointment of dealers in the divisional headquarters and 90 wards of the Dhaka city corporation,'' Md Ziaul Islam, chairman of the TCB, told the FE Sunday.
Besides, the TCB has selected dealers in 50 districts, he said.
He said the TCB is taking preparation to sell five essential commodities - soybean oil, lentil, gram, sugar and onion - in four divisional headquarters including Dhaka, Chittagong, Khulna and Rajshahi during Ramadan.
Sources, however, said the TCB faced a setback in procurement of essential commodities over the last few months despite floating over a dozen of international tenders to attract suppliers.
They, however, said the TCB Sunday received a price quotation through an international tender for supplying 200 tonnes of gram. It also recently received a quotation from a bidder for supplying 3000 tonnes of lentil.
The sources said another tender for supply of 2,500 tonnes of soybean oil will be opened on June 28 next.
"We are trying our best to procure the essentials through tenders," the TCB chairman said.
He said only one price quotation that the TCB has received for supplying lentil is reasonable considering its price, which is likely to be accepted by its purchase committee.
"We will wait until July 1 for taking a decision. We have to see whether the proposal on reduction of import duty on lentil by 5.0 percentage points makes any impact on the market."
When asked, Islam said if the TCB fails to get response from the bidders this time it will go for procurement of the essentials through offering local tenders in the shortest possible time.
But sources said the TCB did not get any offer from bidders in a local tender for supply of 500 tonnes of soybean oil last month.
The state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will soon employ dealers in divisional headquarters to help government keep prices of most essentials stable during the holy month of Ramadan.
"We have almost completed selection process for appointment of dealers in the divisional headquarters and 90 wards of the Dhaka city corporation,'' Md Ziaul Islam, chairman of the TCB, told the FE Sunday.
Besides, the TCB has selected dealers in 50 districts, he said.
He said the TCB is taking preparation to sell five essential commodities - soybean oil, lentil, gram, sugar and onion - in four divisional headquarters including Dhaka, Chittagong, Khulna and Rajshahi during Ramadan.
Sources, however, said the TCB faced a setback in procurement of essential commodities over the last few months despite floating over a dozen of international tenders to attract suppliers.
They, however, said the TCB Sunday received a price quotation through an international tender for supplying 200 tonnes of gram. It also recently received a quotation from a bidder for supplying 3000 tonnes of lentil.
The sources said another tender for supply of 2,500 tonnes of soybean oil will be opened on June 28 next.
"We are trying our best to procure the essentials through tenders," the TCB chairman said.
He said only one price quotation that the TCB has received for supplying lentil is reasonable considering its price, which is likely to be accepted by its purchase committee.
"We will wait until July 1 for taking a decision. We have to see whether the proposal on reduction of import duty on lentil by 5.0 percentage points makes any impact on the market."
When asked, Islam said if the TCB fails to get response from the bidders this time it will go for procurement of the essentials through offering local tenders in the shortest possible time.
But sources said the TCB did not get any offer from bidders in a local tender for supply of 500 tonnes of soybean oil last month.