Son Hai Group case: Head of bid evaluation team 'presented' valid practice certificate

On the evening of May 27, responding to a reporter from VTC News Electronic Newspaper, a representative of Son Hai Group said that the company had sent a document to the People's Committee of Binh Phuoc province protesting the results of selecting a contractor to build the Ho Chi Minh City - Thu Dau Mot - Chon Thanh expressway (section through Binh Phuoc).

In the document, the group reflected a number of shortcomings related to the contractor selection process in a transport infrastructure construction package in the province.

Son Hai Group filed a protest against the investor after offering the lowest price but still lost the bid for the construction of the Ho Chi Minh City - Thu Dau Mot - Chon Thanh expressway, the section through Binh Phuoc province (Illustration photo)

Specifically, Son Hai Group discovered inconsistencies between the bidding documents and the bidding evaluation method (E-HSDT) for the Ho Chi Minh City - Thu Dau Mot - Chon Thanh expressway construction package (section through Binh Phuoc). The Group believes that the investor's selection of contractors is not in accordance with E-HSMT and legal regulations on bidding, affecting the company's interests and reputation and causing waste to the State budget.

Therefore, Son Hai Group requests the People's Committee of Binh Phuoc province to inspect and review the capacity of the members of the E-HSDT evaluation expert team; establish an independent interdisciplinary expert team with the investor and the bidding party, to re-evaluate the E-HSDT of the above bidding package to ensure the goal of the bidding work is competition, fairness, transparency and economic efficiency.

Notably, the document of Son Hai Group mentioned the information: Through checking the information of the members of the expert team on the "Bidding Certificate" system page, the enterprise discovered that Mr. Vu Ngoc Tru - Head of the expert team (bidding practice certificate No. C01.14.6586 - C) expired on October 18, 2023.

The Group believes that the investor is using an E-HSDT evaluation consulting unit with personnel who do not meet the legal regulations to evaluate E-HSDT, which is against the regulations. Therefore, it is necessary to review the accuracy and reasonableness of the E-HSDT evaluation results in the evaluation reports of the expert team.

"In addition to sending a petition to the competent authority, we will send a document to higher authorities to report the incident," Son Hai Group's document stated.

Practice certificate of Mr. Vu Ngoc Tru.

Confirming with VTC News Electronic Newspaper reporter, Mr. Dinh Tien Hai - Director of Binh Phuoc Province Construction Investment Project Management Board, the project investor, said that the unit has just received a document protesting the contractor selection results of Son Hai Group.

Along with the document protesting the bidding results, Son Hai Group sent many documents stating that the unit was capable of winning the bid. This set of documents was sent by Son Hai Group to the People's Committee of Binh Phuoc province and relevant authorities.

"We have just received documents and records from Son Hai Group. We will work with the expert team to evaluate the bid and will have a report according to the procedures and regulations of the law," said Mr. Dinh Tien Hai.

Responding to information that Son Hai Group said that Mr. Vu Ngoc Tru's certificate had expired, Mr. Dinh Tien Hai affirmed that this was not the case.

"A practice certificate is valid for 5 years and is reissued once. Mr. Tru's certificate was reissued in 2023," Mr. Dinh Tien Hai informed.

Thy Hue

Source: https://vtcnews.vn/vu-tap-doan-son-hai-to-truong-to-cham-thau-trinh-chung-chi-hanh-nghe-con-han-ar945567.html