The Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) on Thursday approved a second cost variation of Tk 144.63 crore for the construction of the elevated expressway from Lalkhan Bazar to Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram, raising the total contract value to Tk 3,513.70 crore.
Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury chaired the meeting at the Secretariat.
Following the latest revision, the contract value of the project will increase from the original Tk 2,720.05 crore to Tk 3,513.70 crore, marking a 29.18 percent rise.
The first variation had increased the cost by 23.86 percent, while the second variation adds another 4.29 percent to the revised amount.
The committee also recommended awarding a Tk 266.15 crore contract to Rana Builders (Pvt) Ltd for constructing a connecting road from the Karnaphuli Tunnel in Anwara to Gachbaria on the Chattogram-Cox's Bazar National Highway.
In a separate decision, it recommended a Tk 56.90 crore cost variation for the four-laning of the Shikolbaha-Anwara road, which connects the Karnaphuli Tunnel with Anwara upazila.
The revision will raise the contract value to Tk 323.05 crore from the original Tk 266.15 crore, an increase of 21.379 percent.
The work was awarded to a joint venture comprising National Development Engineers Ltd, Hassan Techno Builders Ltd and Taher Brothers Ltd.
The committee also endorsed awarding two construction contracts worth Tk 339.44 crore for Rangamati Medical College and Hospital and its Nursing College.
Under the proposals, Noorani Construction Ltd was recommended for constructing a seven-storey hospital building with a seven-storey foundation at Tk 230.86 crore, while Delta Engineers & Consortium Ltd was recommended for building a seven-storey academic building with a seven-storey foundation at Tk 108.58 crore.
Another proposal involved awarding a Tk 361.97 crore contract to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Bangladesh for consultancy services under the Land Management Automation Project.
The services will cover data entry, verification and correction of khatians and land holdings.
For the 2026 academic year, the committee approved a Tk 23.68 crore variation for printing additional textbooks for Classes IV and V under 94 of the 98 procurement lots.
The revision will raise the contract value from Tk 187.11 crore to Tk 210.79 crore, an increase of around 12.65 percent. The additional printing will cover 3,62,90,792 copies of textbooks.
The committee also recommended procuring 19.375 million third-generation oral contraceptive pills from Popular Pharmaceuticals PLC at a cost of Tk 96.54 crore.
The purchase is part of a project to complete essential family planning, maternal, child and reproductive health activities left unfinished under the Fourth Sector Programme.
Under the Resilient Infrastructure for Adaptation and Vulnerability Reduction (RIVER) project, the committee recommended awarding a Tk 326.19 crore contract to Wahid Construction Ltd for building 40 government primary schools with flood shelters in Madaripur district.
It also recommended procuring blankets worth Tk 10.54 crore under five packages for the Department of Disaster Management through the open tendering method. Jisus Fashion Ltd was recommended for one of the packages.
The meeting considered several procurement proposals from different ministries and divisions, including road transport and highways, housing and public works, land, primary and mass education, health and family welfare, local government and disaster management.