DHAKA, August 04, 2021 (BSS) – The Cabinet Committee on Government
Purchase (CCGP) today approved 10 proposals, including one for procuring 50,000 metric tonnes non-Basmati boiled rice.

The approval came from this year’s 26th meeting of the CCGP held virtually
with Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal in the chair.

Briefing reporters virtually after the meeting, Kamal said the Department of Food under the Ministry of Food would procure 50,000 metric tonnes non-Basmati boiled rice from M/S Bagadiya Brothers Private Limited, India with a cost of around Taka 160.22 crore.

The meeting also approved a proposal of the Department of Food under
the Ministry of Food for procuring one steel silo for rice with a cost
of Taka around 320.23 crore for the construction of Steel Silo for Rice at Narayanganj, he added.

The finance minister informed that the meeting also approved a
re-evaluation proposal of the Department of Roads and Highways for
procuring public works of the Jhenaidah-Kushtia-Pakshi-Dashuria
National Highway Kushtia Urban 4-Lane Upgradation Project Package No
WD-05 from joint venture Reliable Builders Limited and Abaid Monsur
Construction with a cost of Taka 145.49 crore.

Bangladesh Bureau of Educational Information and Statistics ( BANBEIS)
under the Secondary and Higher Education Division would procure the
construction work, machinery or equipment and service activities under
the ‘Establishment of 160 Upazila ICT Training and Resource for
Education Phase-II’ from Taihan Consortium, Korea, he added.

He mentioned that Taihan Electric Wire Company Limited is the main
bidder of Taihan Consortium and the name has been changed to Taihan
Cable and Solution Company Limited which was informed in the CCGP
meeting.

The meeting also approved a proposal of the Bangladesh Chemical
Industries Corporation (BCIC) under the Ministry of Industries to
procure 30,000 metric tonnes of bagged granular urea fertilizer from
Karnaphuli Fertilizer Company Limited (KAFCO), Bangladesh with a cost
of Taka 111.59 crore, he added.

He informed that BCIC would procure 10,000 metric tonnes phosphoric
acid for TSP Complex Limited with a cost of Taka 57.33 crore.

The meeting also approved another four proposals for the construction
of multi-story residential flats for government officers or employees
at Mirpur Paikpara.