The cabinet purchase committee will consider a total of 13 procurement proposals in a meeting tomorrow.
Import of railway locomotives, setting up of power plants in public and private sector, and import of petroleum fuel will dominate the agenda in the meeting to be chaired by Finance Minister AMA Muhith.
Of the proposals, four will be placed by railway division of the Communications Ministry while three each by power division and energy division of the power and energy ministry. The water resources ministry, housing and public works ministry, and industries ministry will place one proposal each.
The railway division's proposals include import of 10 broad gauge (BG) locomotive under the Indian credit, turnkey tender for rehabilitation of Chandpur railway section, import of 20 sets of metre gauge (MG) diesel electric multiple unit for railway and track doubling between Laksam and Chinkastana on Dhaka-Chittagong railway route.
The energy division's proposal include import of 150,000 tonnes of diesel and 80,000 tonnes of furnace oil from ENOC of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), import of 640,000 tonnes of diesel and 170,000 tonnes of jet fuel from Kuwait Petroleum Corporation and fixing of premium for import of petroleum fuel from MIDOR of Egypt.
The power division's proposals include awarding contract for 200-300MW peaking power plant at Ghorasal, importing 8.15 million compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) bulb for Rural Electrification Board (REB), and setting up 100-150MW dual-fuel independent power producer plant in Kaliakoir of Gazipur.
The industries ministry will seek approval for import of 14,000 tonnes of urea fertiliser while the housing and public works ministry will seek approval for awarding contract for construction of apartment complex at Mirpur in the city.
Source : The Daily Star
