Government to Buy Tk 362 Crore Consultancy for Land Management Automation, UNDP Recommended
The government will buy consultancy services worth Tk 362 crore for data entry, verification and correction of khatian and holding information under the land management automation project. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Bangladesh has been recommended as the consultant for the work.
The government approved the proposals at a meeting of the cabinet committee on government purchase held on Thursday (12 November), chaired by Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury.
According to meeting sources, under a proposal of the Land Ministry, the consultancy will be taken under the Land Management Automation (second revised) project for khatian and holding data entry, verification and correction. The cost has been set at Tk 361 crore 96 lakh 93 thousand 950. UNDP Bangladesh has been recommended to carry out the work.
A proposal to build 40 government primary school-cum-flood shelters in Madaripur has also been recommended for approval.
Under a proposal of the Local Government Division, the structures will be built in Madaripur district. They will be constructed under the 'Resilient Infrastructure for Adaptation and Vulnerability Reduction (RIVER)' project, implemented by the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) with funding from the World Bank and the Government of Bangladesh.
The contract value for the work has been set at Tk 326 crore 19 thousand 707 and 62 paisa. Wahid Construction Limited has been recommended for the construction work.
A proposal to buy blankets for the Department of Disaster Management has also been recommended for approval. Blankets will be bought in five packages for the department under the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief.
The blankets will be bought from the revenue budget through the e-GP system under the open tender method (OTM), at a total cost of Tk 10 crore 53 lakh 50 thousand 732. Jisas Fashion Limited, whose office is on DIT Road at Hajipara in Dhaka, has been recommended for one of the five packages.
