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(PCU) - The largest package of the Investment Project to build and renovate the architecture of Co May Bridge - the project is prioritized by the Peoples Committee of Ba Ria - Vung Tau province - was forced to cancel the bid because it could not find a suitable contractor well suited. The bid solicitor is required to submit another plan, which can separate this bidding package into two to improve the ability to participate in competition for contractors.
Exceeding bid package price by more than 2 billion
Civil and industrial project management board (PMU) of Ba Ria - Vung Tau province (the bid solicitor) has just announced the information on canceling the construction and installation package under the Investment Project to build the bridge architecture. Co May (Construction and installation package No. 06).
This is a bidding package with the form of contractor selection (LCNT), which is an open tender in the country. The price of the approved bidding package is VND 88,942,446,804. Bidding package using capital from the provincial budget, with bid guarantee worth VND 2,650,000,000.
According to the bid solicitor, the reason for bid cancellation is the bid (Bid dossier) of the bidder not meeting the requirements of the bidding dossier (bidding dossier).
Previously, Ba Ria - Vung Tau Provincial Project for Civil and Industrial Project has announced the tender invitation for this package from October 12, 2018 to November 1, 2018, then extended once. In the second issuance of bidding documents, there were 7-8 contractors participating in buying bidding documents. By the time of bid closing, there are 3 contractors submitting bid dossiers as prescribed. However, there is only one contractor who passes the evaluation on the technical proposal file.
On November 13, 2018, the Ba Ria - Vung Tau Provincial Specialized and Industrial Project Management Board approved a list of contractors meeting the technical requirements of this package. Accordingly, the only contractor entering the round of financial proposal reviews is the Joint Venture of Dong Nam Construction Company Limited - Thinh Phat Traffic Construction Construction Company Limited.
On November 15, 2018, the negotiation on bid prices between the bid solicitor and the Southeast - Thinh Phat partnership took place. On the same day, the evaluation report of the final report is also completed.
Accordingly, the representative of the bid solicitor said that when opening the Bidding dossier of the Southeast - Thinh Phat Joint Venture as well as the negotiation process on bid prices, the bid price of the Partnership exceeds the approved bidding package price. with a value of more than 2 billion. “Since there is only one contractor who is assessed financially, the bid price exceeds the bid price with a high level, it is not possible to take up the reserve expense and the negotiation process is unsuccessful. has considered and decided to cancel the bidding package according to the provisions of Clause 1, Article 17 of the Bidding Law ”, the bid solicitor said.
Will review and submit the bidding plan again
Reportedly, the project is expected to have a total investment of nearly VND 98 billion. Previously, the Department of Construction directly invited 6 provincial and non-provincial consultants to participate in design such as Construction Inspection Consultancy Company, HATC Joint Stock Company, Pham Minh Thuy Architecture Co., Cong. Dubosc & Associes Architeces of France in Vietnam, TT.ARCH Architecture Corporation and Ba Ria - Vung Tau Construction Planning Center.
Although it is well prepared, the actual implementation of LCNT for the Bidding Package is not successful because it cannot find a bidder who meets the requirements. This greatly affects the progress of the Project.
Talking to Bidding Newspaper, representative of Ba Ria - Vung Tau Provincial Project for Civil and Industrial Project said that the bid solicitor is reviewing the process of organizing the LCNT and finding out the cause at Why no contractors meet the requirements set out. “This is a complex construction and installation package with complex requirements, and has a category of bored pile, bridge, roof, road, civil… Only one contractor who meets the bidding will bid beyond the price. We will make adjustments in re-bidding. Specifically, the Package can be divided into two packages including the staging part (specialized iron roof) and pile. We think that, if split into two and still bidding widely, will help increase competitiveness, more bidders will enter, ”said the representative of the bid solicitor.
Representatives of the bid solicitor also affirmed that this unit is preparing a submission to the Provincial Peoples Committee to report fully the implementation process, assessing difficulties and problems. At the same time, it is proposed that the Provincial Peoples Committee approve the separation of the bidding package, adjust the LCNT plan. The fastest, in January 2019, the Package will be restarted. |
