Purchase body approves 7 proposals including import of 2 LNG cargoes
As per the approved proposals, the state-owned Petrobangla will import the two cargoes (15th and 16th of the current year), each 33.66 lakh MT of LNG from the international spot market for next April
Advisory Council Committee on Government Purchase (ACCGP) yesterday (27 March) approved seven procurement proposals, including the import of two cargoes of LNG from the UK and Singapore.
Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed presided over the meeting.
As per the approved proposals, the state-owned Petrobangla will import the two cargoes (15th and 16th of the current year), each 33.66 lakh MT of LNG from the international spot market for next April.
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Out of these, the 15th cargo will be supplied by the Singapore-based company Ganbar Singapore Pte Limited at a cost of Tk675.28 crore with per MMBTU at $14.08. One dollar is worth Tk 121 at current exchange rate.
The second (16th) cargo will be supplied by the UK-based company TotalEnergies Gas and Power Limited at a cost of Tk691.59 crore with per MMBtu at $14.42.
The Food Directorate will import 50,000 tonnes of non-basmati parboiled rice through international tender.
Bagadia Brothers Private Limited will supply the bulk rice at a cost of Tk259.10 crore, with per tonne price at $424.77.
The meeting approved two separate proposals for importing fertiliser from Saudi Arabia and Russia under a state-level agreement by the Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation (BADC).
Of these, some 40,000 MT of DAP fertiliser will be imported from Ma'aden, Saudi Arabia at a cost of Tk306.22 crore, with per MT price at $627.50.
In another proposal, 30,000 MT of MOP fertiliser will be imported from Russia's JSC Foreign Trade Economic Corporation (Prudintorg) at a cost of Tk112.13 crore with per MT price $306.37.
