The Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) on Thursday approved a second cost variation of Tk144.63 crore for the elevated expressway connecting Lalkhan Bazar with Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram, raising the total contract value to Tk3,513.70 crore.
Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury chaired the meeting at the Secretariat.
Following the latest revision, the contract value will rise from the original Tk2,720.05 crore to Tk3,513.70 crore, marking an overall increase of 29.18 per cent.
The first cost variation had increased the project cost by 23.86 per cent, while the second variation adds a further 4.29 per cent, according to the figures provided.
The committee also recommended awarding a Tk266.15 crore contract to Rana Builders (Pvt) Ltd to construct a connecting road from the Karnaphuli Tunnel in Anwara to Gachbaria on the Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar National Highway.
In a separate decision, it recommended a Tk56.90 crore cost variation for the four-laning of the Shikolbaha-Anwara road, which connects the Karnaphuli Tunnel with Anwara upazila.
The revision will raise the contract value from Tk266.15 crore to Tk323.05 crore, an increase of 21.379 per cent. The work was awarded to a joint venture comprising National Development Engineers Ltd, Hassan Techno Builders Ltd and Taher Brothers Ltd.
The committee also endorsed two construction contracts worth a combined Tk339.44 crore for Rangamati Medical College and Hospital and its Nursing College.
Under the proposals, Noorani Construction Ltd was recommended for a Tk230.86 crore contract to construct a seven-storey hospital building with a seven-storey foundation. Delta Engineers & Consortium Ltd was recommended for a Tk108.58 crore contract to build a seven-storey academic building with a seven-storey foundation.
Another proposal involved awarding a Tk361.97 crore contract to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Bangladesh for consultancy services under the Land Management Automation Project.
The services will cover data entry, verification and correction of khatians and land holdings.
For the 2026 academic year, the committee approved a Tk23.68 crore cost variation to print additional textbooks for Classes IV and V under 94 of the 98 procurement lots.
The revision will raise the contract value from Tk187.11 crore to Tk210.79 crore, an increase of around 12.65 per cent. The additional printing will cover 3,62,90,792 copies of textbooks.
The committee also recommended procuring 19.375 million third-generation oral contraceptive pills from Popular Pharmaceuticals PLC at a cost of Tk96.54 crore.
The procurement is part of a project to complete essential family planning, maternal, child and reproductive health activities left unfinished under the Fourth Sector Programme.
Under the Resilient Infrastructure for Adaptation and Vulnerability Reduction (RIVER) project, the committee recommended awarding a Tk326.19 crore contract to Wahid Construction Ltd to build 40 government primary schools with flood shelters in Madaripur district.
It also recommended procuring blankets worth Tk10.54 crore in five packages for the Department of Disaster Management through the open tendering method. Jisus Fashion Ltd was recommended for one of the packages.
The meeting considered several procurement proposals from different ministries and divisions, including road transport and highways, housing and public works, land, primary and mass education, health and family welfare, local government and disaster management.
