The government has cleared five procurement proposals, including the import of two LNG cargos from the UK and Singapore spot markets, involving a total cost of Tk1,735.58 crore..
The decision came at the meeting of Advisers Council Committee on Government Purchase held at the Secretariat with Economic Advisor Dr Saleh Uddin Ahmed in the chair on Tuesday.
Following the meeting, it was announced that two separate proposals for importing two LNG cargoes (the 17th and 18th of the current fiscal year) from the spot market had been approved through the international quotation collection process. The 17th LNG cargo will be supplied by Singapore-based ‘M/S Vitol Asia Pte Ltd.’ at a cost of Tk593.75 crore.
The 18th LNG cargo will be supplied by UK-based M/S Total Energies Gas and Power Ltd at a cost of Tk607.66 crore.
Additionally, a proposal to import 50,000 metric tonnes of non-Basmati parboiled rice under Package-11 through an international open tender to ensure domestic food supply was approved.
The Department of Food will purchase this rice from Singapore-based M/S Agrocorp International Pte Ltd at a price of $416.44 per metric tonne, amounting to $20.82 million or approximately Tk254.03 crore in Bangladeshi currency.
The meeting also approved two separate proposals for the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) to import 12 million liters of soybean oil and 10,000 metric tonnes of lentils. The soybean oil will be procured through an international open tender from Thailand’s ‘Life and Health Company Ltd.’ with oil sourced from Nigeria. The oil will be purchased at $1.28 per liter, totaling Tk187.39 crore.
Meanwhile, the 10,000 metric tonnes of lentils will be procured through a local open tender from Dhaka-based ‘Sheikh Agro Food Industries’ at a price of 92.75 taka per kilogram, amounting to Tk92.75 crore.