The government’s procurement-related committee on Tuesday recommended approving two separate development and infrastructure-related proposals involving more than Tk 161 crore.

The proposals were placed by the Internal Resources Division and the Ministry of Industries at the Cabinet Committee on Public Procurement meeting held at the Secretariat with Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury in the chair.

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Under the first proposal, the committee recommended approving the procurement proposal for the construction of residential buildings for Customs House, Chattogram under the project titled “Customs Modernisation and Infrastructure Development.”

The work under Package No: WD-01 will be implemented at a cost of Tk 102.41 crore.

The committee recommended awarding the contract to M Jamal & Company Limited of Dhanmondi, Dhaka.

Officials said the project is aimed at improving residential and institutional facilities under Customs House, Chattogram as part of broader customs modernisation efforts.

In another decision, the committee recommended approving a proposal for construction of a fertiliser buffer warehouse in Rangpur under the project titled “Construction of 34 Buffer Warehouses in Different Parts of the Country for Fertiliser Preservation and Distribution Facilities (1st Revised).”

The construction work under Package-5, Lot-5 involving a 20,000-tonne capacity warehouse in Rangpur will be implemented at a cost of Tk 59.20 crore.

The contract was recommended in favour of SS Rahman International Ltd, located at TCB Bhaban, Kawran Bazar, Dhaka.

According to meeting sources, the warehouse project is intended to strengthen fertiliser storage and distribution facilities across the country to ensure smooth agricultural supply management.