CCGP approves Tk423cr contracts for 53 school-cum-flood shelters under RIVER project

The Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) today (3 June) approved two contracts worth over Tk423.4 crore for the construction of 53 primary schools-cum-flood shelters in Nilphamari and Habiganj districts under a World Bank-funded climate resilience project.

The recommendation came at a meeting of the committee held at the Secretariat with Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury in the chair.

Under the first proposal, the committee recommended awarding a contract worth Tk186.49 crore for the construction of 26 government primary schools-cum-flood shelters in Nilphamari district under the Resilient Infrastructure for Adaptation and Vulnerability Reduction (RIVER) (1st Revised) project being implemented by the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED).

The contract is proposed to be awarded to BDE Limited–Western Engineering (Pvt.) Ltd. JV.

In a separate proposal under the same project, the committee recommended awarding a contract worth Tk236.91 crore for the construction of 27 government primary schools-cum-flood shelters in Habiganj district.

The work is proposed to be carried out by Western Engineering (Pvt.) Ltd. and M/S Mominul Hoque (JV).

The RIVER project is being implemented by LGED with financing from the World Bank and the Government of Bangladesh to strengthen climate-resilient infrastructure and enhance disaster preparedness in vulnerable areas.

The committee also partially approved a proposal to procure 10 crore new cut-size B-twill sacks for food grain storage under the Directorate General of Food through the e-GP system.

The procurement, to be implemented in 50 packages under open tendering, carries an estimated contract value of Tk126.25 billion (Tk12,625,124,000), according to official documents.

The proposal, placed by the Ministry of Food, involves the purchase of 50 kg capacity B-twill sacks for use in the public food distribution and storage system. Under the recommended arrangement, 16 bidders have been selected across the 50 packages.

The committee, chaired by the finance minister, reviewed the proposal and decided to recommend it for approval with partial adjustments, the meeting sources said.

Officials said the sacks are intended to strengthen the country’s food grain storage and distribution capacity under the public food management system.