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   DHAKA, Sept 22, 2021 (BSS) - The Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase 
(CCGP) today approved a total of five proposals in the power and energy 
sector including one for awarding a joint venture for setting up a 50MW (AC) 
solar power plant at Terokhada upazila in Khulna.

   The approval came from the 32nd meeting of the CCGP in this year held 
today virtually with Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal in the chair.

   Briefing reporters after the meeting virtually, Cabinet Division 
Additional Secretary Md Shamsul Arefin said that a total of 12 proposals were 
approved in the day's meeting.

   He said the joint venture of Hero Future Energies Asia Pte Ltd, Singapore 
and Business Research International Corporation Inc, (BRIC), Panama would 
implement the work for setting up the solar power plant with around Taka 
1,328.90 crore under the Power Division.

   The tariff of per unit kilowatt hour electricity will be US$0.1025 or 
around Taka 8.20. 

   Shamsul said following a proposal from the Energy and Mineral Resources 
Division, Chinese XMC-CMC Consortium has been appointed for a six-year term 
to extract coal from Boropukuria Coal Mine in Dinajpur with around Taka 
1,049.49 crore.

   In response to another proposal from the Energy and Mineral Resources 
Division, Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) would procure some 33.60 
lakh MMBtu LNG from the spot market for Vitol Asia Pte Ltd, Singapore with 
around Taka 1,002.37 crore.

   The Cabinet Division Additional Secretary said that the CCGP meeting 
approved another proposal from the Power Division under which Ideal 
Electrical Enterprise Ltd, Bangladesh would conduct the work for setting up 
six power substations with necessary machineries on turn-key basis with 
around Taka 65.07 crore under the Lot-2, package No-GD-1 of the project 
titled "Development of Power Distribution System, Mymensingh Zone".

   In another proposal from the Power Division, M/s J&C Implex Ltd, Dhaka 
would ensure the procurement, installation and concerned expert services for 
the Gas Turbine and Hot Gas Path Inspection with around Taka 102.94 crore 
under the project for setting up Sikalbaha 225 MW power plant in Chattogram.

   Following a proposal from the Ministry of Industries, Bangladesh Chemical 
Industries Corporation (BCIC) would procure 30,000 tonnes of bagged granular 
urea fertilizer from KAFCO, Bangladesh under the fourth lot with around Taka 
109.33 crore.

   Besides, the Ministry of Food would procure some 50,000 tonnes of wheat 
from Agrocorp International Pte Ltd, Singapore for the current fiscal year 
with around Taka 179.53 crore where the price for per ton of wheat would be 
US$421.19.

   The day's CCGP meeting approved a proposal for awarding the contract to MM 
Builders and Engineers Ltd for implementing the package No-WD-05 with around 
Taka 147.24 crore under the project for upgrading the remaining part of 
Kushtia town portion into four-lane on Jhenidah-Kushtia-Pakshi-Dashuria 
National highway.

   Following a proposal from the Secondary and Higher Education Division, the 
meeting approved a proposal for awarding the contract to Mazid Son's 
Construction Ltd, Dhaka with around Taka 153.67 crore for constructing a 20-
storey Science Building under the project for development of physical 
infrastructures at Rajshahi University (first revised).

   Besides, the meeting approved three other proposals from the Secondary and 
Higher Education Division under which the National Curriculum and Textbook 
Board (NCTB) would procure textbooks for various classes from different 
suppliers.