The cabinet committee on government purchase (CCGP) on Wednesday approved six project proposals involving Tk 1,493.49 crore.
The approval came from the 12th meeting of the CCGP of the current year held virtually with Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal in the chair.
While virtually briefing reporters after the meeting, Kamal, “Of the total cost, around Tk 958.95 crore will come from the government while the rest Tk 534.54 crore would be funded as project assistance from the ADB, AFD and EIB.”
Responding to a question, the Finance Minister said, “Although it was earlier decided that the maintenance of dredging works would be conducted under PPP model, but now the government has decided to conduct the work from its own fund.
He said that a certain amount from the foreign reserve fund would be used for conducting such dredging operations.
Joining the briefing virtually, Dr Sahida Akhter, Cabinet Division Additional Secretary, said that there were two proposals in today's (Wednesday) cabinet committee on economic affairs and six in the cabinet committee on government purchase.
“All proposals have been approved,” she said adding, “Among the proposals, three proposals were from the Road Transport and Highways Department, one from the Energy and Mineral Resources Department, one from the Food Ministry and one from the Local Government Department.
Akter said, “Petrobangla, under the Energy and Mineral Resources Division, will procure 33.60 lakh MMBtu of LNG from Excelerate Energy LP, a US company, at a cost of around Tk 218.07 crore. The price of per unit MMBtu will be $6.53,” she added.
She said, “The Directorate General of Food under the Ministry of Food will procure 50,000 tonnes of non-basmati boiled rice from M/S PK Agri Link Private Limited of India at a cost of Taka 177.11 crore. The price of per tonne of rice will be $430.”
Sahida also said that the CCGP meeting gave nod to another proposal for awarding the works for installing 14 km refined water transmission line from Gondhorbpur water treatment plant to Baridhara under the package 2 of the project titled ‘Dhaka Environmentally Sustainable Water Supply (DESWS)’ to Chinese company China CAMC Engineering Co. Ltd. at a cost of Tk 777.40 crore.
The meeting also approved a proposal from the Road Transport and Highways Division to award the PW-03 to the joint venture of Md Moyenudidn (Bashi) Limited, Nabarun Traders Ltd at a cost of Tk 122.68 crore for the project to upgrade the Bhola (Porantalukderhat)-Charfashion (Charmanika) regional highway.
Besides, the day’s meeting approved a proposal for awarding works of PW-06 to the joint venture of Md Badrul Iqbal Ltd, Hassan Techno Builders Ltd and Oyster Construction and Shipping Company Ltd at a cost of Tk 118.65 crore for the project to upgrade the Bhola (Porantalukderhat)-Charfashion (Charmanika) regional highway.
Apart from this, the meeting approved yet another proposal from the Road Transport and Highways Division to appoint the joint venture of M/S International Consultant and Technocrats Pvt Ltd, India and M/S Sheladia Associates Inc United States as the independent engineering consultant at a cost of Tk 79.59 crore for the operations and maintenance work for supporting the Joydevpur-Debgram-Bhulta-Madanpur Road (Dhaka bypass) PPP project.
Prior to the CCGP meeting, the 10th meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs this year was held with Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal in the chair.
The meeting approved a proposal in principle from the Ministry of Shipping to follow the Direct Procurement Method (DPM) instead of the PPP model for conducting the capital and maintenance dredging operations at Rabnabad channel in Payra Port.
