PMLN corruption in CPEC

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Lowest bidder not considered for two CPEC highway projects
SYED IRFAN RAZA — PUBLISHED ABOUT 6 HOURS AGO

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ISLAMABAD: Two of the four highway projects in Balochistan recently inaugurated by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif as part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) have been awarded to the second lowest bidders instead of the lowest ones, causing a loss of over Rs650 million to the exchequer.

Interestingly enough, the prime minister inaugurated the western route projects on Dec 30 even though no formal letter of acceptance (LoA) had been issued (for formal award of contracts) to the successful bidders/construction firms.

According to the National Highway Authority (NHA), four contracts — two for N-50 and two for N-70 — were awarded to two separate joint ventures (JVs) and a single firm. The lowest bidder was not considered in two of the contracts and the second lowest firms have not been asked to match the lowest bids.

But an NHA official claimed that the authority had awarded the contracts in accordance with the criteria set by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), which is funding the projects.

For N-50, two projects called Package-I and II have been awarded. According to the NHA document, under Package-I, a 41km road from Zhob to Killi Khudae Nazar will be reconstructed by Limak-ZKB JV at a cost Rs4.8 billion. Under Package–II, a 40km road will be reconstructed from Killi Khudae Nazar to Mughalkot by Maqbool-Zarghon JV at a cost of Rs4bn.

Similarly, two separate projects have been awarded for N-70. The road under Package-I will be constructed by firm Umar Jan from Qilla Saifullah to Loralai at a cost Rs4.50bn. Under Package-II, construction of the road from Loralai to Waigum Rud has been awarded to Maqbool-Zarghon JV with an estimated cost of Rs3.02bn.

According to the NHA, Maqbool-Zarghon JV submitted the lowest bids for all the four projects, but it was not considered for two projects (Package-I of N-50 and Package-I of N-70). These contracts have been awarded to the second lowest bidders and the second lowest bidders have not been asked to match the lowest bids.

Maqbool-Zarghon JV expressed concern over the bidding process and wrote several letters to the NHA claiming that the contracts had been awarded ‘illegally’ to the second lowest bidders.

NHA General Manager Mukhtar Durrani, who deals with these contracts, claimed that no discrepancy or irregularity had been committed in the award of the contracts and said whatever the authority had done was in line with the ADB’s criteria.

“Although we have not considered the lowest bids in two of the four projects, we followed the ADB guidelines,” he said, adding that the NHA was to consider financial capacity of the firms and under the criteria, Maqbool-Zarghon JV, which had already won two contracts, could not execute the remaining two.

A question arises here if the lowest bidder (Maqbol-Zarghon) has no such capacity to carry out the rest of the two projects then why its bids were opened and why it had not been barred from submitting its bids for these projects.

According to the official, the decision to reject the lowest bids for the two projects was taken by the NHA board comprising its Chairman Shahid Ashraf Tarar and senior officials of the Planning Commission and the Finance Division.

Asked why the names of construction firms were mentioned on the inauguration plague of the projects unveiled by the prime minister, although they were not formally awarded the contracts, the official said: “In fact we have so far not issued letter of acceptance to the firms, but the NHA board has already decided which firms would be awarded the contracts.”

The NHA general manager had no answer when asked why the lowest bidder was not considered and why the second lowest bidders were not asked to match the lowest bids. “We just followed the ADB guidelines” was his only answer.

Published in Dawn, January 4th, 2016
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Lowest bidder not considered for two CPEC highway projects
SYED IRFAN RAZA — PUBLISHED ABOUT 6 HOURS AGO

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ISLAMABAD: Two of the four highway projects in Balochistan recently inaugurated by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif as part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) have been awarded to the second lowest bidders instead of the lowest ones, causing a loss of over Rs650 million to the exchequer.

Interestingly enough, the prime minister inaugurated the western route projects on Dec 30 even though no formal letter of acceptance (LoA) had been issued (for formal award of contracts) to the successful bidders/construction firms.

According to the National Highway Authority (NHA), four contracts — two for N-50 and two for N-70 — were awarded to two separate joint ventures (JVs) and a single firm. The lowest bidder was not considered in two of the contracts and the second lowest firms have not been asked to match the lowest bids.

But an NHA official claimed that the authority had awarded the contracts in accordance with the criteria set by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), which is funding the projects.

For N-50, two projects called Package-I and II have been awarded. According to the NHA document, under Package-I, a 41km road from Zhob to Killi Khudae Nazar will be reconstructed by Limak-ZKB JV at a cost Rs4.8 billion. Under Package–II, a 40km road will be reconstructed from Killi Khudae Nazar to Mughalkot by Maqbool-Zarghon JV at a cost of Rs4bn.

Similarly, two separate projects have been awarded for N-70. The road under Package-I will be constructed by firm Umar Jan from Qilla Saifullah to Loralai at a cost Rs4.50bn. Under Package-II, construction of the road from Loralai to Waigum Rud has been awarded to Maqbool-Zarghon JV with an estimated cost of Rs3.02bn.

According to the NHA, Maqbool-Zarghon JV submitted the lowest bids for all the four projects, but it was not considered for two projects (Package-I of N-50 and Package-I of N-70). These contracts have been awarded to the second lowest bidders and the second lowest bidders have not been asked to match the lowest bids.

Maqbool-Zarghon JV expressed concern over the bidding process and wrote several letters to the NHA claiming that the contracts had been awarded ‘illegally’ to the second lowest bidders.

NHA General Manager Mukhtar Durrani, who deals with these contracts, claimed that no discrepancy or irregularity had been committed in the award of the contracts and said whatever the authority had done was in line with the ADB’s criteria.

“Although we have not considered the lowest bids in two of the four projects, we followed the ADB guidelines,” he said, adding that the NHA was to consider financial capacity of the firms and under the criteria, Maqbool-Zarghon JV, which had already won two contracts, could not execute the remaining two.

A question arises here if the lowest bidder (Maqbol-Zarghon) has no such capacity to carry out the rest of the two projects then why its bids were opened and why it had not been barred from submitting its bids for these projects.

According to the official, the decision to reject the lowest bids for the two projects was taken by the NHA board comprising its Chairman Shahid Ashraf Tarar and senior officials of the Planning Commission and the Finance Division.

Asked why the names of construction firms were mentioned on the inauguration plague of the projects unveiled by the prime minister, although they were not formally awarded the contracts, the official said: “In fact we have so far not issued letter of acceptance to the firms, but the NHA board has already decided which firms would be awarded the contracts.”

The NHA general manager had no answer when asked why the lowest bidder was not considered and why the second lowest bidders were not asked to match the lowest bids. “We just followed the ADB guidelines” was his only answer.

Published in Dawn, January 4th, 2016
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its still not a big thing we got biger one .

 

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Lowest bidder not considered for two CPEC highway projects
SYED IRFAN RAZA — PUBLISHED ABOUT 6 HOURS AGO

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ISLAMABAD: Two of the four highway projects in Balochistan recently inaugurated by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif as part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) have been awarded to the second lowest bidders instead of the lowest ones, causing a loss of over Rs650 million to the exchequer.

Interestingly enough, the prime minister inaugurated the western route projects on Dec 30 even though no formal letter of acceptance (LoA) had been issued (for formal award of contracts) to the successful bidders/construction firms.

According to the National Highway Authority (NHA), four contracts — two for N-50 and two for N-70 — were awarded to two separate joint ventures (JVs) and a single firm. The lowest bidder was not considered in two of the contracts and the second lowest firms have not been asked to match the lowest bids.

But an NHA official claimed that the authority had awarded the contracts in accordance with the criteria set by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), which is funding the projects.

For N-50, two projects called Package-I and II have been awarded. According to the NHA document, under Package-I, a 41km road from Zhob to Killi Khudae Nazar will be reconstructed by Limak-ZKB JV at a cost Rs4.8 billion. Under Package–II, a 40km road will be reconstructed from Killi Khudae Nazar to Mughalkot by Maqbool-Zarghon JV at a cost of Rs4bn.

Similarly, two separate projects have been awarded for N-70. The road under Package-I will be constructed by firm Umar Jan from Qilla Saifullah to Loralai at a cost Rs4.50bn. Under Package-II, construction of the road from Loralai to Waigum Rud has been awarded to Maqbool-Zarghon JV with an estimated cost of Rs3.02bn.

According to the NHA, Maqbool-Zarghon JV submitted the lowest bids for all the four projects, but it was not considered for two projects (Package-I of N-50 and Package-I of N-70). These contracts have been awarded to the second lowest bidders and the second lowest bidders have not been asked to match the lowest bids.

Maqbool-Zarghon JV expressed concern over the bidding process and wrote several letters to the NHA claiming that the contracts had been awarded ‘illegally’ to the second lowest bidders.

NHA General Manager Mukhtar Durrani, who deals with these contracts, claimed that no discrepancy or irregularity had been committed in the award of the contracts and said whatever the authority had done was in line with the ADB’s criteria.

“Although we have not considered the lowest bids in two of the four projects, we followed the ADB guidelines,” he said, adding that the NHA was to consider financial capacity of the firms and under the criteria, Maqbool-Zarghon JV, which had already won two contracts, could not execute the remaining two.

A question arises here if the lowest bidder (Maqbol-Zarghon) has no such capacity to carry out the rest of the two projects then why its bids were opened and why it had not been barred from submitting its bids for these projects.

According to the official, the decision to reject the lowest bids for the two projects was taken by the NHA board comprising its Chairman Shahid Ashraf Tarar and senior officials of the Planning Commission and the Finance Division.

Asked why the names of construction firms were mentioned on the inauguration plague of the projects unveiled by the prime minister, although they were not formally awarded the contracts, the official said: “In fact we have so far not issued letter of acceptance to the firms, but the NHA board has already decided which firms would be awarded the contracts.”

The NHA general manager had no answer when asked why the lowest bidder was not considered and why the second lowest bidders were not asked to match the lowest bids. “We just followed the ADB guidelines” was his only answer.

Published in Dawn, January 4th, 2016
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Pakistan isn't developed. Corruption happens. It's not ideal, but it is what it is.

At some point, like China, you just have to start it. Is it fair? No. Could it be better? Yes. But it doesn't really matter. A built road with corruption is better than a planned road with the best man.

Also, if you really think about it, the company that made the bribe has the ear of the government, he will face far less red tape than the guy who doesn't.

 

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Lowest bidder not considered for two CPEC highway projects
SYED IRFAN RAZA — PUBLISHED ABOUT 6 HOURS AGO

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ISLAMABAD: Two of the four highway projects in Balochistan recently inaugurated by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif as part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) have been awarded to the second lowest bidders instead of the lowest ones, causing a loss of over Rs650 million to the exchequer.

Interestingly enough, the prime minister inaugurated the western route projects on Dec 30 even though no formal letter of acceptance (LoA) had been issued (for formal award of contracts) to the successful bidders/construction firms.

According to the National Highway Authority (NHA), four contracts — two for N-50 and two for N-70 — were awarded to two separate joint ventures (JVs) and a single firm. The lowest bidder was not considered in two of the contracts and the second lowest firms have not been asked to match the lowest bids.

But an NHA official claimed that the authority had awarded the contracts in accordance with the criteria set by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), which is funding the projects.

For N-50, two projects called Package-I and II have been awarded. According to the NHA document, under Package-I, a 41km road from Zhob to Killi Khudae Nazar will be reconstructed by Limak-ZKB JV at a cost Rs4.8 billion. Under Package–II, a 40km road will be reconstructed from Killi Khudae Nazar to Mughalkot by Maqbool-Zarghon JV at a cost of Rs4bn.

Similarly, two separate projects have been awarded for N-70. The road under Package-I will be constructed by firm Umar Jan from Qilla Saifullah to Loralai at a cost Rs4.50bn. Under Package-II, construction of the road from Loralai to Waigum Rud has been awarded to Maqbool-Zarghon JV with an estimated cost of Rs3.02bn.

According to the NHA, Maqbool-Zarghon JV submitted the lowest bids for all the four projects, but it was not considered for two projects (Package-I of N-50 and Package-I of N-70). These contracts have been awarded to the second lowest bidders and the second lowest bidders have not been asked to match the lowest bids.

Maqbool-Zarghon JV expressed concern over the bidding process and wrote several letters to the NHA claiming that the contracts had been awarded ‘illegally’ to the second lowest bidders.

NHA General Manager Mukhtar Durrani, who deals with these contracts, claimed that no discrepancy or irregularity had been committed in the award of the contracts and said whatever the authority had done was in line with the ADB’s criteria.

“Although we have not considered the lowest bids in two of the four projects, we followed the ADB guidelines,” he said, adding that the NHA was to consider financial capacity of the firms and under the criteria, Maqbool-Zarghon JV, which had already won two contracts, could not execute the remaining two.

A question arises here if the lowest bidder (Maqbol-Zarghon) has no such capacity to carry out the rest of the two projects then why its bids were opened and why it had not been barred from submitting its bids for these projects.

According to the official, the decision to reject the lowest bids for the two projects was taken by the NHA board comprising its Chairman Shahid Ashraf Tarar and senior officials of the Planning Commission and the Finance Division.

Asked why the names of construction firms were mentioned on the inauguration plague of the projects unveiled by the prime minister, although they were not formally awarded the contracts, the official said: “In fact we have so far not issued letter of acceptance to the firms, but the NHA board has already decided which firms would be awarded the contracts.”

The NHA general manager had no answer when asked why the lowest bidder was not considered and why the second lowest bidders were not asked to match the lowest bids. “We just followed the ADB guidelines” was his only answer.

Published in Dawn, January 4th, 2016
Lowest bidder not considered for two CPEC highway projects - Pakistan - DAWN.COM


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they won't leave a block name pakistan , out of their reach , they will sell every inch of pakistan to build their Mayfair mansions in.London & dubai?

 

[Muhammad Omar]

JV projects? JV with Who FWO? Cause FWO is working in Balochistan.. Plus it's just not about lowest bids one also have to see which company has more experience work quality and good quality Vehicles and Labors

 

[somebozo]

Lowest bidder could also mean someone missing out on crucial quality controls as contractors have to specify in writing everything...it could also be payment terms not acceptable by government..

Just typical left wing sensational journalism

 

[Jzaib]

JV projects? JV with Who FWO? Cause FWO is working in Balochistan.. Plus it's just not about lowest bids one also have to see which company has more experience work quality and good quality Vehicles and Labors

bro im gona be totally honest with u. It corruption

now why i am saying this . Same thing happens in quiad e azam solar power plant. My brother was fighting case against government. it was alotted to Chinese company who was not qualified. Letr me tell u how it is not qualified. it was an Telecom firm with no experience of power projects . They sublet it to company who was black listed in 5 countries. three problems in that case. 1). they didnt qualify technically 2) they were not the lowest bidder 3) the were added in lis of bidders in an illegal way

now why so much contracts to chinese. they offer highest bride. I work in descon. WHat chinese did with us many times that the project which is worth 7 billion they will bit 5 . later they bribe politicians and rise the cost to 7 billion.

now i know u love nawaz sharif , but research on the facts i gave u u will find out that im right .

Lowest bidder could also mean someone missing out on crucial quality controls as contractors have to specify in writing everything...it could also be payment terms not acceptable by government..

Just typical left wing sensational journalism

read about the case of Quaid e azam solar power plant. they gave it to chinese telco which had no experience of power. they were not even lowest bidders . its about kick backs.


state bank sense corruption as well

 

[Cyberian]

The second lower bidder could be more experienced, has merit, reliable, efficient, etc. Have you thought about that @Jzaib?

Maybe the lowest bidder can be given a contract in Khyber Pukhtunkhwa.

 

[notorious_eagle]

The second lower bidder could be more experienced, has merit, reliable, efficient, etc. Have you thought about that @Jzaib?

Can you blame the guy?

Pick up Pakistan's Tendering History and every case something like this happens, its always corruption.

 

[rockstar08]

Shame Shame Buppy Shame ,Shame shame out ... khelna hai tu khelo warna get Out

 

[Jzaib]

The second lower bidder could be more experienced, has merit, reliable, efficient, etc. Have you thought about that @Jzaib?

Maybe the lowest bidder can be given a contract in Khyber Pukhtunkhwa.

U seem to be a senior guy so im not gona lecture you how things work. There is eligibility criteria, if u fulfill that ONLY then u can bit. After the bid every bid is evaluated and lowest bidder is chosen. It is set procedure all over the world .

 

[Dubious]

U seem to be a senior guy so im not gona lecture you how things work. There is eligibility criteria, if u fulfill that ONLY then u can bid. After the bid every bid is evaluated and lowest bidder is chosen. It is set procedure all over the world .

I agree...


For those talking about merits and never heard of bidding

How did he get into bidding if he wasnt qualified? If lets say that is the case then there is some serious problems with the bidding if unqualified people are also allowed to bid...AND if that is the case what guarantees 2nd lowest is qualified if unqualified people are also allowed to bid?!

 

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Lowest bidder not considered for two CPEC highway projects
SYED IRFAN RAZA — PUBLISHED ABOUT 6 HOURS AGO

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ISLAMABAD: Two of the four highway projects in Balochistan recently inaugurated by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif as part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) have been awarded to the second lowest bidders instead of the lowest ones, causing a loss of over Rs650 million to the exchequer.

Interestingly enough, the prime minister inaugurated the western route projects on Dec 30 even though no formal letter of acceptance (LoA) had been issued (for formal award of contracts) to the successful bidders/construction firms.

According to the National Highway Authority (NHA), four contracts — two for N-50 and two for N-70 — were awarded to two separate joint ventures (JVs) and a single firm. The lowest bidder was not considered in two of the contracts and the second lowest firms have not been asked to match the lowest bids.

But an NHA official claimed that the authority had awarded the contracts in accordance with the criteria set by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), which is funding the projects.

For N-50, two projects called Package-I and II have been awarded. According to the NHA document, under Package-I, a 41km road from Zhob to Killi Khudae Nazar will be reconstructed by Limak-ZKB JV at a cost Rs4.8 billion. Under Package–II, a 40km road will be reconstructed from Killi Khudae Nazar to Mughalkot by Maqbool-Zarghon JV at a cost of Rs4bn.

Similarly, two separate projects have been awarded for N-70. The road under Package-I will be constructed by firm Umar Jan from Qilla Saifullah to Loralai at a cost Rs4.50bn. Under Package-II, construction of the road from Loralai to Waigum Rud has been awarded to Maqbool-Zarghon JV with an estimated cost of Rs3.02bn.

According to the NHA, Maqbool-Zarghon JV submitted the lowest bids for all the four projects, but it was not considered for two projects (Package-I of N-50 and Package-I of N-70). These contracts have been awarded to the second lowest bidders and the second lowest bidders have not been asked to match the lowest bids.

Maqbool-Zarghon JV expressed concern over the bidding process and wrote several letters to the NHA claiming that the contracts had been awarded ‘illegally’ to the second lowest bidders.

NHA General Manager Mukhtar Durrani, who deals with these contracts, claimed that no discrepancy or irregularity had been committed in the award of the contracts and said whatever the authority had done was in line with the ADB’s criteria.

“Although we have not considered the lowest bids in two of the four projects, we followed the ADB guidelines,” he said, adding that the NHA was to consider financial capacity of the firms and under the criteria, Maqbool-Zarghon JV, which had already won two contracts, could not execute the remaining two.

A question arises here if the lowest bidder (Maqbol-Zarghon) has no such capacity to carry out the rest of the two projects then why its bids were opened and why it had not been barred from submitting its bids for these projects.

According to the official, the decision to reject the lowest bids for the two projects was taken by the NHA board comprising its Chairman Shahid Ashraf Tarar and senior officials of the Planning Commission and the Finance Division.

Asked why the names of construction firms were mentioned on the inauguration plague of the projects unveiled by the prime minister, although they were not formally awarded the contracts, the official said: “In fact we have so far not issued letter of acceptance to the firms, but the NHA board has already decided which firms would be awarded the contracts.”

The NHA general manager had no answer when asked why the lowest bidder was not considered and why the second lowest bidders were not asked to match the lowest bids. “We just followed the ADB guidelines” was his only answer.

Published in Dawn, January 4th, 2016
Lowest bidder not considered for two CPEC highway projects - Pakistan - DAWN.COM


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commission thats what noonies look for.