Govt Approves 19 Procurement Proposals, Including Metro Rail
The Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) has approved 19 major procurement proposals worth over Tk 58,000 crore, aiming to expand Dhaka’s metro rail network and secure key agricultural inputs. Chaired during its 47th meeting on Thursday, the committee sanctioned extensive funding for several strategic packages under the Dhaka Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) Development Project, focusing on Line-1 and Line-5 (Northern Route), alongside procurement approvals for fertilizers, health supplies, and government digital services.
For MRT Line-1, running from Airport to Kamalapur, the contract for depot infrastructure and building construction (Package CP-02) was awarded to the ‘Sinohydro-SEBCL Joint Venture’ at Tk 4,285.06 crore. Main line and station construction (Package CP-06) went to ‘Nishimatsu-TPL-Toda Joint Venture’ for Tk 11,590.58 crore, while the Rampura-Nadda section (Package CP-04) was secured by ‘Tokyu-MIL Joint Venture’ at Tk 18,037.25 crore. Additional main line works (Package CP-07) went to ‘CREC-MIL-MBEC Joint Venture’ for Tk 2,534.09 crore.
Track installation and electrical systems (Package CP-09) under MRT Line-1 were awarded to the ‘L&T-Sumitomo Consortium’ at Tk 11,065.57 crore, while ‘Larsen & Toubro Limited’ won Package CP-10 for signaling, telecommunications, and platform screen doors at Tk 6,446.65 crore. Under Line-5 (Northern Route), Package CP-03 for the Hemayetpur-Aminbazar and Nadda-Vatara sections went to ‘CREC-MIL-MBEC Joint Venture’ at Tk 2,670.98 crore, while depot works (Package CP-02) were approved for ‘CPC-Hanil Joint Venture’ at Tk 1,847.52 crore.
To maintain an uninterrupted supply of fertilizer for the agricultural sector, the committee approved multiple purchase proposals for urea, DAP, and TSP fertilizers. Local manufacturer KAFCO will supply 30,000 tonnes of bagged urea for Tk 162.39 crore ($438.125 per tonne). Overseas imports include 40,000 tonnes from Saudi Arabia’s ‘SABIC Agri-Nutrients’ for Tk 228.89 crore and 40,000 tonnes from the UAE’s ‘Fertiglobe’ for Tk 269.55 crore to strengthen domestic reserves.
Under government-to-government (G2G) arrangements with Morocco’s ‘OCP Nutricrops’, Bangladesh will acquire 80,000 tonnes of DAP fertilizer across two consignments at Tk 433.76 crore per consignment. Furthermore, two consignments totaling 70,000 tonnes of TSP fertilizer (30,000 tonnes and 40,000 tonnes) will be purchased from the same supplier at a rate of $667.67 per tonne to satisfy upcoming seasonal demands.
In other decisions, the Health Education and Family Welfare Division received approval to purchase 38.75 million cycles of third-generation oral contraceptives from ‘Renata PLC’ for Tk 193.16 crore. Consulting firm ‘Dohatec New Media’ was retained for one year at Tk 42.18 crore to modernize and operate the national e-GP system, while the power purchase tariff from Ashuganj Power Station’s 225 MW plant was re-fixed at 4.6971 cents (Tk 5.7680) per unit.
