The government on Wednesday approved separate proposals for procuring some 33.60 lakh MMBtu LNG, 18.50 lakh tonnes of fuel oil, 1 lakh metric tons of wheat and 1.10 crore litres of edible oil to meet the growing demand of the country.

The government also approved different proposals for purchasing 14,000 tonnes of lentil and 60,000 tonnes of fertiliser.

The approvals came from the 43rd meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) this year held virtually with Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal in the chair.

Briefing reporters after the meeting, Cabinet Division additional secretary Sayeed Mahbub Khan said that the day’s meeting approved a total of 20 proposals, reports BSS.

He informed that the day’s meeting also approved power tariff for four proposed power plants.

Mahbub said following a proposal from the Energy and Mineral Resources Division, Petrobangla would procure 33.60 lakh MMBtu LNG from M/S Excelerate Energy LP, USA with around Tk 542.27 crore while in another proposal, Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) would procure some 18.50 lakh metric tons of refined fuel oil with around Tk 15,082.86 crore for January to June period of 2024 on G to G basis.

He said that following two separate proposals from the Ministry of Food, the Directorate General of Food would procure some 50,000 metric tons of wheat from M/S Cereal Crops Trading LLC, UAE under international open tender method under package 5 with around Tk 175.05 crore where per kg wheat would cost Tk 35.01.

The Directorate General of Food would procure another consignment of 50,000 metric tons of wheat from M/S Agrocorp International Pte Ltd., Singapore also under international open tender method under package six with around Tk 173.41 crore where per kg wheat would cost Tk 34.68.

Mahbub said following two separate proposals from the Ministry of Commerce, the state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) would procure 6,000 metric tons of lentils from Islam Trading, Chattogram under local open tender method for the current fiscal year (FY24) with around Tk 62.28 crore where per kg lentil would cost Tk 103.08.

In another proposal, the TCB would procure 8,000 metric tons of lentils under international open tender method from Green National Builders and Developers, Bangalore with around Tk 77.88 crore where per kg lentil would cost Tk 102.36.

The Cabinet Division additional secretary said in two other proposals, the TCB would procure 60 lakh litres of rice bran oil from Majumdar Products Ltd and MRT Agro Products BD Ltd under local direct procurement method with around Tk 94.50 crore where per litre oil would cost Tk 157.5 while the TCB would purchase 50 lakh litres of soybean oil from Bashundhara Multi Food Products Ltd under local open tender method with around Tk 78.61 crore where per litre oil would cost Tk 157.22.

He said following two separate proposals from the Ministry of Industries, the Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) would procure 30,000 metric tons of bulk granular urea fertiliser under the 8th lot from Muntajat, Qatar, under state-level agreement with around Tk 105.01 crore while the BCIC would procure another consignment of 30,000 metric tons of bagged granular urea fertiliser under the 11th lot from KAFCO, Bangladesh with around Tk 104.93 crore

Mahbub said that the day’s CCGP meeting approved the power tariff for the 240MW (AC) Solar Power Plant to be set up at Trishal upazila in Mymensingh district. Under the proposal, the government would have to provide Tk 8,553.60 crore to the joint venture of Energon Renewables BD Ltd; and PWR Energy Trading LLC for a 20-year period where per kilowatt hour electricity would cost Tk 10.995.

The meeting also approved the power tariff for the 100 MW (AC) solar power plant to be set up at Mongla upazila in Bagerhat district where the government would have to provide Tk 3,564 crore for 20 years to the Consortium of Asian Entech Power Corporation Ltd and Axia Power Holdings B.V where per kilowatt hour electricity would cost Tk 10.99.

The CCGP meeting also okayed the power tariff for the 30MW (AC) solar power plant at Chakaria upazila in Cox’s Bazar district and 50MW (AC) solar power plant at Cox’s Bazar Sadar Upazila.

Apart from these, the day’s meeting approved two proposals from the Local Government Division and one proposal each from the Road Transport and Highways Division, the Ministry of Shipping and the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism.