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The above bidding package is priced at VND 43,689 billion and is widely auctioned online by the method of 1 phase 2 documents; Bid opening on December 1, 2020, contract execution time 450 days. The bidding package is directly invited by the Urban Infrastructure Construction Investment Project Management Board (HCMC) as an investor. There were 2 bidders who submitted bids and both passed the technical evaluation and were allowed to open a financial proposal, including: T&T Transport Construction Services Trading Co., Ltd (Bid price after discount 41,392 billion dong, the proposed contract implementation time is 430 days); Dai Viet Road and Construction Company Limited (the bid price after discounting is 38.52 billion VND, the proposed contract implementation time is 450 days).
On December 31, 2020, the Investor approved the contractor selection results for the above bidding package. The winning contractor is Dai Viet Road and Construction Company Limited with the winning bid price of VND 40,547 billion, contract execution time 450 days, contract with fixed unit price.
On August 5, 2021, the Investor suddenly announced the cancellation of the Bidding Package with the reason that all bids did not meet the requirements of the bidding documents.
Dai Viet Construction and Bridge Co., Ltd. said that the decision to cancel the contract of the Investor is not transparent, because after the winning decision, the Contractor and the Investor have negotiated the contract. . The contractor has made the contract performance guarantee. On March 18, 2021, the Investor received a letter of approval for the Bid, but so far has not delivered enough contract documents to the Contractor. On March 26, 2021, the Investor sent a written request to the contractor to extend the validity of the Bid for another 240 days and secure the bid for another 270 days. On May 10, 2021, the Investor coordinated with the design consultancy and supervision consultant to organize the handover of the construction site to the Contractor. The contractor has prepared personnel, equipment, machinery, and made camps for construction according to the agreement. However, on July 30, 2021, the Contractor suddenly received a contract cancellation letter from the Investor. Before, The Employer does not discuss this matter with the Contractor. To date, the Contractor has not received a satisfactory answer from the Investor.
To clarify the cancellation of the bid, the reporter of the Bidding Newspaper repeatedly contacted the digital certificate holder of the Urban Infrastructure Construction Investment Project Management Board, but this official avoided answering with the reason that he did not. must be the person assigned to speak for the Investor. Regarding the approval of contractor selection results, it was 7 months ago and then suddenly canceled the bid, this official said, the Nhon Duc - Phuoc Loc road drainage system construction project using the budget of Ho Chi Minh City, was funded by the project. implemented in the period of 2017 - 2020, so by the end of 2020, the deadline for implementation will be over, by the beginning of 2021, adjustments must be made… The contractor has made a proposal and the Investor will respond in writing.
A procurement expert said that, in the decision to cancel the bid, the Investor stated the reason that all Bids did not meet the requirements of the Bid, so they should cancel the bid according to the provisions of Clause 1, Article 17 of the Bidding Law. Normally, the evaluation of bids that meet the bidding documents or not must be carried out at the stage before the results of contractor selection are available. In this case, the contractor selection result is canceled. Therefore, the Investor needs to consider carefully, have a clear and sufficient legal basis to cancel the bid, not arbitrarily and must clarify the responsibility to the contractor who has been announced the winning bid before. there.
On the other hand, according to this expert, the above bidding package was approved for contractor selection results from the end of December 2020, but more than 7 months later, there was a decision to cancel the bid, not yet awarding a full contract for the contractor to implement. Bidding package is the responsibility of the Investor, showing unprofessionalism and not ensuring publicity and transparency in bidding. |
