The government on Wednesday approved proposals to procure 10,000 metric tonnes of lentils and 155,000 metric tonnes of MOP and DAP fertilisers at a total cost of around Tk 1,058 crore.

The approvals came at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) held with Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury in the chair.

Under the first proposal, the committee recommended the procurement of 10,000 metric tonnes of lentils in 50-kg sacks through the Open Tendering Method (OTM) under the Ministry of Commerce.

Joytun Auto Rice & Dal Mills Ltd of Phultala, Khulna, was recommended as the supplier for the procurement at a total cost of Tk 76.89 crore. The price of the lentils was fixed at Tk 76.89 per kg.

The committee also recommended the import of four lots of fertiliser under government-to-government (G2G) arrangements.

Under the second item, 40,000 metric tonnes of MOP fertiliser will be imported from the Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC) under an agreement signed between CCC and the Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) at Tk 189.67 crore.

Another 40,000 metric tonnes of MOP fertiliser will be imported from CCC under the fourth lot of the agreement at Tk 189.67 crore.

Under another state-level agreement between Russia’s JSC Foreign Economic Corporation (Prodintorg) and BADC, the government will import 35,000 metric tonnes of MOP fertiliser. The procurement cost has been fixed at Tk 165.90 crore.

Prodintorg, Russia, was recommended as the supplier.

The committee also approved the import of 40,000 metric tonnes of DAP fertiliser from Saudi Arabia’s MA’ADEN under a state-level agreement with BADC.

The fertilizer will cost Tk 437.37 crore.

MA’ADEN was recommended as the supplier.