The Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) approved proposals for textbooks, medicines and infrastructure at its 53rd meeting of the year on Thursday, chaired by Finance Minister Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury.
The meeting approved a Ministry of Primary and Mass Education proposal to adjust the cost of printing textbooks for the 2026 academic year. Under it, an additional 36,290,792 books will be printed for fourth- and fifth-grade students in 94 of 98 lots. The original contract value will rise by Tk 23.68 crore, from Tk 187.11 crore to Tk 210.79 crore, an increase of about 12.65 percent.
On a proposal from the Health Education and Family Welfare Division, the committee approved the purchase of 19,375,000 cycles of third-generation oral contraceptive pills to carry out unfinished family planning, maternal, child and reproductive health work under the Fourth Sector Programme, at a cost of Tk 96.55 crore. Popular Pharmaceuticals PLC was recommended as the supplier.
On a proposal from the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief, the purchase of blankets in five packages through open tender under the e-GP system, funded from the revenue budget, was approved at a cost of Tk 10.54 crore. Jisas Fashion Limited was recommended as the supplier for one of the packages.
Roads and infrastructure
On a proposal from the Road Transport and Highways Division, the committee approved a Tk 266.15 crore work order to develop the link road from the Anwara end of the Karnaphuli Tunnel to Gachbaria on the Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar national highway. Rana Builders (Pvt) Limited was recommended as the contractor.
The committee also approved the first revision of the project to widen the Karnaphuli Tunnel link road from Shikalbaha to Anwara to four lanes. The cost will rise by Tk 56.90 crore, taking the original contract value from Tk 266.15 crore to Tk 323.05 crore, an increase of 21.379 percent.
Under the project to set up Rangamati Medical College and Hospital and a nursing college, the committee approved the construction of a seven-storey hospital building on a seven-storey foundation and an academic building on a similar foundation. The hospital building will cost Tk 230.86 crore and the academic building Tk 108.58 crore. Nurani Construction Limited was recommended for the hospital building and Delta Engineers and Consortium Limited for the academic building.
The second revision of the project to build an elevated expressway from Lalkhan Bazar in Chattogram to Shah Amanat Airport was also approved. The cost will rise by Tk 144.63 crore, bringing the revised contract value to Tk 3,513.70 crore, about 29.18 percent more than the original contract value. Max-Ranken JV was recommended as the contractor.
Land management and flood shelters
Under the Land Ministry’s Land Management Automation Project (second revision), the committee approved buying consultancy services to enter, verify and correct khatian and holding record data, at a cost of Tk 361.97 crore. UNDP Bangladesh was recommended as the consultant.
The committee also approved the construction of 40 government primary schools that double as flood shelters in Madaripur district under the first revision of the Resilient Infrastructure for Adaptation and Vulnerability Reduction (RIVER) project, funded by the World Bank and the government. The work will cost Tk 326 crore. Wahid Construction Limited was recommended as the contractor.
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