Staff reporter:
The government has approved a series of procurement proposals covering textbooks, contraceptive pills, blankets, healthcare facilities, roads and other public infrastructure projects.
The proposals were approved at the 53rd meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) in present year held yesterday with Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury in the chair.
The meeting approved a proposal from the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education for a variation in the printing cost of textbooks for the 2026 academic year.
The proposal covers additional printing requirements for 94 of the 98 lots of textbooks for students of classes IV and V, involving 3,62,90,792 copies.
The original contract value of Tk 187.11 crore would increase by Tk 23.68 crore to Tk 210.79 crore under the proposed variation, representing an increase of around 12.65 percent.
The Health Education and Family Welfare Division proposed purchasing 19.375 million cycles of third-generation oral contraceptive pills under the project for implementing unfinished essential family planning, maternal, child and reproductive health activities of the completed Fourth Sector Programme.
The proposed procurement cost stands at Tk 96.55 crore, with Popular Pharmaceuticals PLC as the recommended supplier.
The procurement aims to support the implementation of unfinished essential family planning, maternal, child and reproductive health services under the project.
The Disaster Management and Relief Ministry placed a proposal to purchase blankets under five packages through the e-GP open tender method using revenue budget funds. The procurement cost stands at Tk 10.54 crore.
The meeting entrusted with Jisas Fashion Limited as the recommended supplier for one of the packages.
Infrastructure and construction projects:
The Road Transport and Highways Division placed a proposal to award a contract worth Tk 266.15 crore for developing a connecting road from the Karnaphuli Tunnel at Anwara to Gachbaria on the Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar National Highway. Rana Builders (Pvt) Ltd was named as the recommended contractor.
Another proposal concerns the first variation order for upgrading the Karnaphuli Tunnel connecting road from Shikalbaha to Anwara into a four-lane road.
The proposed variation amounts to Tk 56.90 crore, raising the contract value from Tk 266.15 crore to Tk 323.05 crore, an increase of 21.379 percent over the original contract.
The Ministry of Housing and Public Works placed proposals for constructing a seven-storey hospital building with a seven-storey foundation and an academic building with a seven-storey foundation under the project to establish Rangamati Medical College and Hospital and Nursing College.
The proposed contract values are Tk 230.86 crore for the hospital building and Tk 108.58 crore for the academic building.
Noorani Construction Limited was named as the recommended contractor for the hospital building, while Delta Engineers and Consortium Limited was recommended for the academic building.
The ministry also placed a proposal for the second variation of the elevated expressway from Lalkhan Bazar to Shah Amanat Airport in Chattogram.
The proposed second variation amounts to Tk 144.63 crore. With the variation, the revised contract value would stand at Tk 3,513.70 crore, around 29.18 percent above the original contract value.
Max-Ranken JV was named as the recommended contractor.
The Ministry of Land placed a proposal to procure consultancy services for data entry, verification and correction of khatian and holding records under the Land Management Automation Project (Second Revised).
The proposed contract value stands at Tk 361.97 crore, with UNDP Bangladesh as the recommended service provider.
The Local Government Division placed a proposal to construct 40 government primary school-cum-flood shelters in Madaripur district under the World Bank and government-funded 1st revised of Resilient Infrastructure for Adaptation and Vulnerability Reduction (RIVER) project.
The proposed contract value stands at Tk 326.00 crore, with Wahid Construction Limited as the recommended contractor.
