(NLDO) - Quang Binh established an interdisciplinary inspection team to clarify violations by Long Dai Industrial Forestry Company related to the case of eliminating a contractor to save 1.7 billion VND.
Long Dai Industrial Forestry Company Limited
According to Nguoi Lao Dong Newspaper, the People's Committee of Quang Binh province has just issued a decision to establish an interdisciplinary inspection team to verify, review and handle violations related to errors in the process of selecting contractors for the package: "Silviculture construction costs" of the second phase of the 2024 replacement forest planting project of Long Dai Industrial Forestry Company Limited.
According to the decision, the interdisciplinary inspection team includes members from the Quang Binh Provincial Inspectorate, the Department of Finance Inspectorate, and the Department of Agriculture and Environment. In which, Mr. Hoang Vinh Trung, Deputy Chief Inspector of the province, was assigned as Head of the team.
The purpose of the inspection team is to verify violations and advise the Provincial People's Committee to consider handling violations by Long Dai Industrial Forestry Company Limited (investor), bidding consultants and related organizations and individuals. The inspection is expected to take place within 15 days.
Previously, the Lao Dong Newspaper had continuously reported unusual signs in the bidding process of this package. Specifically, the project attracted 2 contractors: Hung Nam Company bid at a price of over 8.7 billion VND (a decrease of 1.7 billion VND compared to the package price); Huong Sac Company bid at a price of over 10.4 billion VND (a decrease of 50 million VND).
Although the contractor Huong Sac's discount was only 0.5%, this unit was still selected to win the bid. Meanwhile, Hung Nam Company was disqualified due to "incorrect electronic tax data, alleged fraud" and was even proposed to be banned from bidding.
Contractor Hung Nam asserted that the error was just a small mistake, not an intentional act of fraud. The company also suspected that there was collusion between the investor, the consulting unit and the enterprise to eliminate competitors who could save the state budget.
The People's Committee of Quang Binh province then intervened and concluded that the process of evaluating the bidding documents conducted by Viet An Construction Consulting Company Limited (the consulting unit) had many serious violations, in which the evaluation team had only one person and did not have the required capacity according to regulations. Therefore, the evaluation report was invalid. The People's Committee of the province requested to cancel the bidding results and re-evaluate the documents with a new team of experts.
The second phase of the 2024 replacement forest planting project will be implemented on an area of 150 hectares, including 100 hectares at Khe Giua Forest Enterprise and 50 hectares at Truong Son Forest Enterprise.
Source: https://nld.com.vn/quang-binh-lam-ro-vi-pham-cua-cong-ty-tnhh-mtv-lam-cong-nghiep-long-dai-196250309111835016.htm
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