Government to buy nearly 19.4 million cycles of contraceptive pills for Tk 96 crore, to be supplied by Popular Pharmaceuticals
The government will buy 19,375,000 cycles of oral contraceptive pills (third generation) under the family planning programme. The purchase will cost Tk 965,456,250.
The pills will be supplied by domestic drug maker Popular Pharmaceuticals PLC.
The purchase proposal was approved on Thursday (November 12) at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase chaired by Finance Minister Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury.
The proposal was placed before the committee by the Health Education and Family Welfare Division. After reviewing it, the committee recommended approval of the purchase.
Under the proposal, the pills will be bought under a project titled 'Implementation of unfinished essential family planning, maternal, child and reproductive health services of the completed fourth sector programme'.
The procurement was completed through package number 2025-26/GD-4A for fiscal 2025-26 and tender ID 1320399, with Popular Pharmaceuticals PLC as the recommended bidder.
Popular Pharmaceuticals PLC's office is located at Shukrabad West Panthkunja on Panthapath in Dhaka.
