The government on Tuesday approved four proposals – one for procuring one cargo LNG and three for purchasing 72,897 SPC poles under a power distribution project in Khulna division – in an effort to meet growing demand for energy and improve electricity supply in the southern region.
The approvals came from a meeting of the Advisers Council Committee on
Government Purchase held at the Cabinet Division with Finance Adviser Dr
Salehuddin Ahmed in the chair.
Petrobangla would procure one cargo LNG from M/S Excelerate Energy, LP, USA
from the spot market through international quotation at a cost of Tk664.40
crore with per MMBtu costing US$14.30.
Under three proposals from the Power Division, the government would procure a
total of 72,897 SPC poles to strengthen the distribution system of the
Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (BREB).
Some 24,300 SPC poles will be procucred from Bangladesh Machine Tools Factory Limited with around Tk76.68 crore under the “BREB Power Distribution System Modernization and
Capacity Enhancement (Khulna Division) Project”.
The same number of concrete poles will be purchased from Charka SPC Poles Ltd JV with DADA Engineering Ltd, TSCO Power Limited and Pasha Poles Ltd, Bangladesh for the same project with around Tk76.65 crore.
Additionally, some 24,297 SPC poles will be collected from Poltes and Concrete Limited JV with Contech Construction Limited, Royel Green Products Ltd and Sheltech Technology with
around Tk76.61 crore.
Following a proposal from the Ministry of Shipping, the government would ensure procurement of necessary works and commodities on G2G basis under the Direct Procurement Method (DPM) under the project for Expansion and Development of Mongla Port Facilities with around Tk4,046.48 crore.
Meanwhile, in response to another proposal from the Local Government Division, the consultancy services titled “Detailed Engineering Design for water supply and sanitation for Cumilla, Ishwardi cluster towns and Khagrachhari Town (DED-CTK) under the project for CHT integrated and sustainable poura water supply and sanitation project, has been awarded to Dohwa-DEVCON-IWM JV at a cost of Tk44.41 crore.
