Government approves Tk1,059cr lentil, fertiliser procurement.
The government today approved separate proposals to procure 10,000 metric tons of lentil and 155,000 metric tons of MOP and DAP fertiliser to meet the country's growing demand.
The approvals came at the 46th meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) in this year.
Under the first proposal, the committee recommended the purchase of 10,000 metric tons of lentil in 50-kg sacks through the Open Tender Method (OTM) under the Ministry of Commerce.
Joytun Auto Rice & Dal Mills Ltd of Phultala, Khulna, was recommended as the supplier for the procurement at a total cost of around Tk 76.89 crore, including VAT and taxes.
The price of the lentil was fixed at Tk 76.89 per kg.
The committee also recommended the import of four lots of fertiliser under government-to-government (G2G) arrangements.
Under the second item, 40,000 metric tons of MOP fertiliser will be imported from the Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC) under an agreement signed between CCC and the Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC).
The procurement cost for the third lot has been set at around Tk 189.67 crore, with the price fixed at US$383.80 per metric ton.
Another 40,000 metric tons of MOP fertiliser will be imported from Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC) under the fourth lot of the agreement at the same price of US$383.80 per metric ton.
The cost of the fourth lot will also be around Tk 189.67 crore.
The committee recommended both proposals for approval.
Under another state-level agreement between Russia's JSC Foreign Economic Corporation (Prodintorg) and BADC, the government will import 35,000 metric tons of MOP fertiliser under the seventh lot.
The procurement cost has been fixed at around Tk 165.90 crore, with the price set at US$383.80 per metric ton.
Prodintorg, Russia, was recommended as the supplier.
The committee also approved the import of 40,000 metric tons of DAP fertiliser from Saudi Arabia's MA'ADEN under a state-level agreement with BADC.
The fertiliser, under the fourth lot for 2026, will cost around Tk 437.37 crore, with the price fixed at US$885 per metric ton.
MA'ADEN was recommended as the supplier.
All the procurement and import proposals were recommended for approval by the committee.
The five approved proposals involve 10,000 metric tons of lentil and 155,000 metric tons of fertiliser, with a combined value of about Tk 1,059 crore.
