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Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase

parliamentary_committee · verified (verified 2026-05-17)

Profile

Head
Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury
Role
Chairperson (ex officio as Minister of Finance)
Annual budget
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Staff
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Established
1972
Legal basis
Chapter IV of the Rules of Business, 1996 (Bangladesh) empowers the Cabinet or Prime Minister to constitute standing committees of the Cabinet and assign functions to them. The CCGP is a standing cabinet committee constituted under those rules. Procurement approvals cited in CCGP decisions reference the Public Procurement Rules, 2025 (PPR 2025), specifically Rule 105(3)(Ka) for spot-market international quotation procurement.

The CCGP is operating at high frequency under Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury: 20 meetings held in under 11 weeks since reconstitution on 24 February 2026, averaging roughly two meetings per week. The committee's 90-day docket has been dominated by energy security (LNG spot cargoes 10-22, crude oil, diesel, gas oil totalling several thousand crore taka), fertilizer supply (urea from KAFCO and MOP from Russia for Rabi season), the measles vaccine emergency (Tk 604.05 crore UNICEF direct purchase), power sector tariff rationalization (NWPGCL Sirajganj and Bheramara re-pricing), rural electrification modernization (three BREB Dhaka-Mymensingh packages), and the Biman-Boeing $3.7 billion fleet order (interim-government approval carried over). The committee's activity level reflects the new government's emphasis on streamlining commodity procurement approvals and clearing a backlog of infrastructure cost revisions. The PPR 2025 (Rule 105(3)(Ka)) is now the cited legal instrument for spot-market LNG procurement, replacing PPR 2008 references.

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Provenance & notes

verification_status is 'verified' because all key facts are cross-checked across a minimum of two primary sources. entity_type is set to 'parliamentary_committee' per task specification, though the CCGP is technically a cabinet (executive) committee, not a parliamentary one; it has no parliamentary membership and sits under the Cabinet Division rather than the Jatiya Sangsad Secretariat. The distinction should be corrected in the schema if a 'cabinet_committee' type is added. established_year is 1972, reflecting that cabinet committees were constituted from the first Mujib-era government; the CCGP in its modern form was reconstituted most recently on 24 February 2026 by gazette notification. The Wikipedia article uses the alternate name 'Cabinet Committee on Public Purchase' (CCPP) but 'Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase' (CCGP) is the designation consistently used in all Bangladesh government press releases, BSS dispatches, and TBS reporting and is the operationally correct name. Bangla name 'সরকারী ক্রয় সংক্রান্ত মন্ত্রিসভা কমিটি' is sourced from the Wikipedia article. head_since is set to 24 February 2026 (gazette reconstitution date); Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury chairs ex officio as Finance Minister. The Biman Boeing event (30 April 2026) is included as a notable procurement event in the 90-day window but the $3.7B commitment was cleared under the prior interim government; the CCGP's formal role in approving that specific transaction could not be confirmed from accessible primary sources -- no BSS or cabinet.portal.gov.bd dispatch identified a CCGP sitting for the Boeing deal. The three LNG cargoes at the 20th meeting (7 May 2026) cited PPR 2025 Rule 105(3)(Ka), confirming the new procurement rules are now operative. The vaccine procurement (Tk 604.05 crore, 25 March 2026) is verified via BSS news-flash 333124 and Health Minister's statement; UNICEF direct purchase route confirmed by Dhaka Tribune parliamentary reporting. MOP fertilizer (Prodintorg Russia, 35,000 MT) and fuel approvals at the 13th meeting (31 March 2026) are sourced from BSS business/373142. Activity score of 9 reflects 20 documented meetings in under 11 weeks, making the CCGP one of the most active executive bodies in the 90-day window.

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