On December 5, the People's Committee of Ca Mau province has just issued a decision to administratively fine Hop Nhat Construction Investment and Consulting Company Limited (Hop Nhat Company) VND 100 million. The reason is that this company evaluated the bidding documents not up to standards, violated the law on bidding, leading to incorrect results in selecting contractors.
Previously, the Chief Inspector of the Department of Planning and Investment of Ca Mau province also decided to administratively fine the Ca Mau Province Construction Project Management Board VND30 million for approving incorrect contractor selection results.
Both penalty decisions are related to the bidding process of package No. 27, with an investment capital of more than VND 822 billion, belonging to the Ca Mau General Hospital Construction Investment Project.
Inadequacies in bidding
The Ca Mau General Hospital construction investment project was approved in July 2020, with a scale of 1,200 beds, a total investment of more than 3,300 billion VND, and an implementation period of 2020 - 2025. The project is invested by the Provincial Construction Project Management Board, and Hop Nhat Company is the inviting party. However, after more than 4 years of implementation, the project has only partially completed site leveling, pile driving, concrete pouring, and internal roads. The slow progress puts the project at risk of having public investment capital withdrawn.
In the project, package No. 27 includes the main building block, static pile load testing, water supply and drainage, which is one of the main packages of the project using the central budget and the budget of Ca Mau province, with a value of more than 822 billion VND, invited for online bidding from April 6, 2024 and closed on May 22, 2024. The package has 4 participating contractors, including: Contractor No. 1, the leading member is Thuan Phu Company Limited, with a bid value of 778 billion VND; Contractor No. 2 is Corporation 36 with a bid value of 797 billion VND; Contractor No. 3 is Truong Phat - Dic Holdings with a bid value of 812 billion VND; Contractor No. 4 is a joint venture of Corporation 319, Ministry of National Defense - Construction and Industrial Production Joint Stock Company 3 with a bid value of 814 billion VND. However, on July 17, 2024, the Project Management Board of Ca Mau Province Construction Projects approved the consortium of Corporation 319 ( Ministry of National Defense ) and Construction and Industrial Production Joint Stock Company 3 to win the bid for package 27 with a price of more than 814 billion VND (8 billion VND cheaper than the bidding price). Meanwhile, Contractors No. 1 and No. 2 offered a cheaper price that benefited the state from 36 - 42 billion VND but lost the bid.
The decision has met with backlash from contractors. Thuan Phu Company Limited and Corporation 36 have filed a petition reflecting the above issue and many other shortcomings in the bidding for package 27.
Receiving the petition, the People's Committee of Ca Mau province directed the establishment of an advisory council to resolve the results of the contractor selection for package 27. The advisory council to resolve the petition determined that the petitions were well-founded and proposed administrative sanctions for both the bidding party and the investor.
The project is behind schedule.
After the incident reported by contractors, on August 20, 2024, the Chairman of the People's Committee of Ca Mau province sent a document to the Provincial Construction Project Management Board and the investor requesting to stop signing and implementing the contract for Package No. 27 of the Ca Mau General Hospital Construction Investment Project. Currently, Package No. 27 is being re-bid by another unit.
The project is built on 12.15 hectares in Ward 6, Ca Mau City. The project implementation period is from 2020-2025. The project has a total investment of more than 3,300 billion VND, including: Construction cost of more than 1,400 billion VND, cost of electromechanical equipment and technology equipment of more than 500 billion VND, cost of medical equipment of more than 854 billion VND... Up to now, there is only 1 year left until the completion date, but the project has only partially completed leveling the ground, piling, pouring concrete, internal traffic routes...
Source: https://kinhtedothi.vn/ca-mau-xu-ly-vi-pham-goi-thau-du-an-benh-vien-3-300-ty.html
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