CBI sources said Joint Director R P Agarwal, accompanied by another senior officer, held a meeting with the two top officials of the state administration.
In order to carry out the large-scale investigation, the agency will require logistical support from the state government, including setting up offices, for which the meeting took place today.
Sources said the team will be based in Bhopal through the probe.
Agarwal, a 1986 batch Assam-Meghalya cadre IPS officer, is posted as Joint Director, anti-corruption department, at the CBI Headquarters.
A Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice H L Dattu had on July 9 transferred the probe of all Vyapam cases, including the related deaths, to CBI.