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I applaud Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha

Jul 18, 2021 Letters

Dear Editor,

I applaud Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha for his forthright response (Jul 17) to a letter in the press (Jul 16) regarding pump station tendering and awarding of contracts. I thank him for explaining how a contract is awarded.
In his letter, Mr Mustapha stated that the NDIA has no role in the tendering process. He said that “NPTAB deals with such matters”. He further stated that the NPTAB, after an independent evaluation, awards a contract to the lowest bidder. And he made reference to the sheet piling contract which is being re-tendered.
Based on the Minister’s explanation, NPTAB would be in violation of rules for not awarding contract to lowest bidder. The sheet piling contract was awarded to Dax (owned by one Mr F. Mohamed) whose bid was number 7 of 10 bids in terms of lowest pricing. Dax’s bid was near $211 Million, some 39 millions more than Roopan Investments whose bid was just over $172 M. Other bids that were less than Dax included Jagmohan, Original Trading, Yunus, Fix It, and M&B.
Yet the contract was awarded to Dax in a June 17 memo and cancelled this week. Why? Is it because Dax can no longer fulfill the contract as price of sheet piling has gone up significantly since the original tendering some six months ago? It was tendered last November, canceled and re-tendered earlier this year, now canceled and re-tendered again. Why? Is it to facilitate a contract obligation? Has Dax violated contractual obligations? Would the mandatory bid security for this project the sum of $4M, be forfeited by the government as required by tendering regulation?
Careful attention will be paid to this re-tendering and evaluation of the pump station tenders.

Yours truly,
Sharmila Ally

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