Final settlement of public investment projects

The final settlement of public investment projects is an urgent requirement in the context of the whole province arranging commune-level administrative units according to the 2-level local government model. This is to ensure transparency, avoid waste and loss of resources before administrative units are merged, separated or adjusted.

Construction of a bridge across Tien Yen River is part of the project connecting National Highway 4B with National Highway 18 in Tien Yen district.

Based on the direction of the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Finance , Quang Ninh is actively reviewing projects using public investment capital in the whole province, especially completed projects that have not been finalized. The Provincial People's Committee has requested the Project Management Boards at the district and commune levels to complete documents, compare data, make detailed estimates and clarify the responsibilities of each relevant agency, to finalize the project and complete it before June 30, 2025.

According to reports from departments, branches and localities, the Provincial People's Committee is currently focusing on directing investors and local People's Committees to urgently carry out the final settlement and payment for 2 groups of projects, including: The group of projects that have been finalized but not yet finalized and the group of completed projects that have not yet been finalized. Currently, the group of projects that have been finalized but not yet finalized has 42 projects using provincial budget capital and 186 projects using local budget capital. Specifically, the Provincial Management Board of Construction Investment Projects for Transport and Agriculture has 7 projects; the Provincial Management Board of Construction Investment Projects for Civil and Industrial Works has 5 projects; the Provincial Economic Zone Management Board has 1 project; the Department of Agriculture and Environment has 1 project; the Department of Construction has 1 project; the Provincial Border Guard Command has 1 project; the Provincial Military Command has 1 project; the Provincial Police has 1 project; the People's Committee of Binh Lieu district has 2 projects; Cam Pha city has 4 projects; Co To district has 1 project; Ha Long City: 6 projects; Mong Cai City: 2 projects; Quang Yen Town: 3 projects; Van Don District: 6 projects... The Provincial People's Committee requests investors and People's Committees of localities with projects to urgently settle site clearance costs, as a basis for project finalization, to be completed before June 30, 2025.

As for the group of completed projects that have not been settled, there are currently 57 projects under the medium-term public investment plan for the period 2021-2025 using provincial budget capital and 225 projects using local budget capital. The Provincial People's Committee directs investors and local People's Committees to focus on completing the settlement of completed projects transferred from the previous period; speed up the settlement of completed projects, the completion progress of projects, proactively adjust the capital plan managed by the locality to make final payments for this group of projects, complete before the end of district-level activities, and reorganize the commune level.

Van Don 3 Bridge Interchange Project has just been completed.

The Provincial People's Committee assigned the district-level financial agencies to speed up the settlement of completed projects; take strict measures to handle cases where investors do not submit settlements within the time limit prescribed in Article 47 of Decree No. 99/ND-CP dated November 11, 2021 of the Government on management, payment and settlement of projects using public investment capital; settlement forms according to Circular No. 96/TT-BTC dated November 11, 2021 of the Minister of Finance on the system of forms used in settlement work, ensuring completion before the end of the district-level government's operations and commune-level arrangements.

Mr. Pham Hong Bien, Director of the Department of Finance, said: With the assigned functions and tasks, the Department of Finance will regularly inspect, supervise and examine the settlement of completed project investment capital of investors using provincial and local budget capital; publicize the list of contractors and investors violating the settlement time as prescribed, periodically report to the Provincial People's Committee for direction at the regular monthly meeting.

Along with projects that need to complete the final settlement and final payment, the Provincial People's Committee is currently focusing on directing investors and local People's Committees to speed up the implementation progress of 75 projects using provincial budget capital and 565 projects using local budget capital. For this group of projects, the Provincial People's Committee directs investors and project management boards to assign specialized staff to closely monitor the process of organizing the preparation and appraisal of project dossiers; carefully check and review the quality of dossiers before submitting them to the appraisal agency; minimize the editing of dossiers due to failure to meet requirements. Regularly urge and effectively coordinate with departments, branches and localities to quickly handle administrative procedures, especially procedures related to project implementation and disbursement. Proactively advise and report to the Provincial People's Committee to handle problems related to administrative procedures and policies that affect the progress of completing investment procedures, and at the same time send monthly project implementation reports to the Department of Finance for synthesis and monitoring.

Investors and local People's Committees focus on accelerating site clearance and construction progress, removing difficulties and obstacles, strengthening on-site inspection and supervision, urging contractors and consultants to accelerate the implementation of works and projects and disbursement of public investment capital, while ensuring the quality of works and projects, and preventing negativity, loss, waste, and group interests. Resolutely terminate contracts, replace, and strictly handle contractors who violate contracts, intentionally delay progress, violate technical procedures, and legal regulations during construction. Absolutely do not allow loss, waste, or negativity to occur, including waste of time due to slow processing and issuance of documents to seek opinions from units that are not within the function of giving opinions and waiting time to send opinions or unclear, specific responses... which prolong the time for processing documents.

In particular, it is necessary to ensure continuity and consistency in management and organization of implementation in accordance with legal regulations on public investment, state budget and related laws in the process of rearranging administrative units according to the 2-level local government model, absolutely not allowing stagnation or interruption.

For projects and works that cannot be completed before the end of district-level activities (expected June 30, 2025), it is necessary to make a list, determine the completed volume of each project, compare debts, advances, capital sources and ensure the completion of the handover of district-level investment project management boards to provincial-level project management boards.

Manh Truong

Source: https://baoquangninh.vn/dut-diem-thanh-quyet-toan-du-an-dau-tu-cong-3360291.html