The government on Thursday approved separate proposals for procuring 11mn litres of edible oil, 10,000 tons of lentils and 1,00,000 tons of fertilizer to meet the growing demand of the country.
The approval came from this year's first meeting of the 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 11mn litres of soybean oil under the local Open Tender Method (OTM) for the current fiscal year from Super Oil Refinery Limited with around Tk189.14 crore with per litre oil costing Tk171.95.
In response to another proposal from the Ministry of Commerce, the TCB would procure some 10,000 tons of lentil from Shabnam Vegetable Oil Industries Limited under OTM with around Tk94.95 crore whereas per kg lentil would cost Tk94.95.
Following a proposal from the Ministry of Industries, the Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) would procure some 30,000 tons of bulk granular urea fertilizer from Qatar Energy Marketing under the 8th lot for the fiscal year (FY25) with around Tk127.68 crore, with per ton fertilizer costing $354.67.
Besides, the Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) under the Ministry of Agriculture would procure 40,000 tons of DAP fertilizer under a state-level agreement from MA'ADEN, Saudi Arabia with around Tk296.16 crore where per ton fertilizer would cost $617.
In response to another proposal from the Ministry of Agriculture, BADC would procure 30,000 tons of TSP fertilizer under a state-level agreement from OCP Nutricrops SA, Morocco with around Tk158.40 crore where per ton fertilizer would cost $440.