Right of reply: Landfill project award based on competitive bids – Ministry of Megapolis & Western Development View(s):In response to the story titled ‘Chinese company gets huge contract for solid waste landfill project’ in the Sunday Times of January 28, 2018, the Ministry of Megapolis & Western Development (MMWD) clarifies that the project to design and build the solid waste sanitary landfill in Aruwakkalu, Puttalam, and transfer stations was not an unsolicited proposal and that there were competitive bids called from local and international design and build contractors. Seven eligible bidders submitted their proposals by fulfilling one of the following requirements specified in the bidding documents. The MMWD says exact cost calculations cannot be done in design-and-build contracts particularly as, in this project, there was no detailed design done by the time of tender. Because of the urgent requirement of the project, the employer called bids on EPC/turnkey basis (design-and-build) in which method the risk involved in construction has to be borne by bidders. The TEC carefully scrutinised the content of the Letter of Intent (LoI).

Source: Sunday Times February 03, 2018 19:59 UTC