Construction race
Mr. Tran Duy Phuc - Deputy Director of Quang Nam Investment and Construction Project Management Board said that Nui Thanh and Dai Loc Medical Centers have been handed over and put into use.
Nam Giang and Tien Phuoc Medical Centers are completing fire prevention and fighting acceptance procedures. After completing technical acceptance, they will report to the Department of Construction for acceptance and put into use. At the latest, after Lunar New Year 2025 (February 2025), these two medical centers will be handed over and put into use.
The project to invest in 5 health centers with a total investment of 92 billion VND has basically completed 4 works. Only Que Son District Health Center remains, the contractor will receive the handover of the construction site in early July 2024.
Currently, the Department of Infectious Diseases is completing the electricity and water, painting and plastering, the Department of Oriental Medicine is completing the construction. It is expected that the construction will be completed and technical acceptance will be held in the next few days.
The medical equipment procurement package (VND 7.65 billion) has also been deployed for procurement and installation, and will be completed, handed over, and put into use in January 2025.
Unlike the 5 health centers project, the project "Investing in new construction, upgrading, renovating and purchasing equipment for 76 commune health stations" (VND 197 billion) encountered many uncertainties. The investor and contractor are racing to meet the time and progress of the investment.
Saiko Construction and Trading Company Limited caused a surprise during the investor's surprise inspection and supervision at Binh Trung, Binh Giang, Binh Dao (Thang Binh) Health Stations on January 15, 2025, when in a short time (from October 2024), it completed the construction, fences, gates, treatment areas...
Mr. Nguyen Van Tung - Head of Binh Giang Health Station said, he could not believe that in the harsh weather, the contractor could work so quickly. Although the yard was still full of lime, bricks and stones, it would be cleaned up in just a few sunny days. The Health Station planned to renovate the old building that was still in use to use as a warehouse, but this item was outside the project so they had to wait for money from elsewhere.
According to Mr. Pham Thanh Tung - Director of Saiko Construction and Trading Company Limited, not only these 3 health stations but also 18 other health stations contracted by the enterprise are making very good investment progress. All projects are just waiting for equipment installation to be put into use immediately. If the weather is not unfavorable, it will be completed in December 2024.
In addition, the project has been extended, so the contractor is waiting for the dry weather to complete additional items and ensure the quality of the project, but it will only take a few more months to complete and hand over.
According to the Quang Nam Construction Investment Project Management Board, all health stations with construction and installation work have been deployed (53/76) divided into 3 bidding packages that are being accelerated.
Currently, 15/53 stations under construction since July 2024, 14 stations have been basically completed. Tam Giang and Tam Hoa Health Stations (Nui Thanh) have been handed over and temporarily put into use. The remaining stations are expected to be completed and handed over and put into use in January 2025. The remaining 38/53 stations that were newly started in October 2024 are also being urgently constructed to be completed as soon as possible.
The medical equipment procurement package (VND 23.3 billion) is undergoing price appraisal procedures again and has completed budget approval and procurement bidding in December 2024.
Early completion and full disbursement of capital
According to the old investment plan (when it was not extended), these projects could not complete the implementation period and disburse all capital, even though the disbursement period was extended from 2023 to the end of 2024.
Statistics up to December 2024, the total capital of the 5 health centers project disbursed only 59.4% (54.614 billion/92 billion VND) and the 76 health centers project disbursed at a very low level of 20.9% (41.1 billion/197 billion VND).
According to the investor's review and analysis, it is not known how much of the 92 billion VND of the 5 health centers project cannot be disbursed, but it is acknowledged that the 76 health centers project, with the highest disbursement by December 31, 2024, will only be about 160/197 billion VND of the assigned capital plan (81%).
The investor has decided to return to the central budget 37 billion VND out of the total capital of 289 billion VND of 2 health investment projects under the Socio-Economic Recovery and Development Program. Not to mention the remaining investment capital cannot be fully disbursed when the investment year ends on December 31, 2024.
Group B projects, according to regulations, have a 4-year implementation period, but the program is only implemented in 2 years. No special mechanism is applied to the implementation process from the policy formulation step to the construction bidding step.
Even if the National Assembly allows an extension to 2024, it will fall at the end of the year, making investors passive in organizing the implementation for the following year, as well as changing policies.
In the first months of 2024, the state management agency has not received any contractor selection plan submitted by the investor, although the project has met the conditions for submitting the contractor selection plan for approval, so the project is delayed in approving and approving adjustments to the contractor selection plan to serve the implementation of the next steps.
In addition, the documents from the survey stage, investment policy establishment, project establishment to construction drawing design stage are implemented in a short time, so it is difficult to avoid shortcomings.
The investor and related parties have adjusted some contents related to the design, which has required extending the implementation time of the bidding package. For the 76 health stations project, when receiving the investment policy established by the Department of Health, the investor had to re-survey and adjust, affecting the progress of the project implementation.
Choosing a medical equipment valuation unit is difficult due to high risk but low cost. Many valuation units refuse to conduct valuation even though they have signed a contract because they cannot find quotes from businesses and equipment manufacturers...
The explanations for the delay, including admitting that the investor had not anticipated the problems and difficulties; the change in policies when the new Bidding Law and new regulations were issued...
Or the management of design and construction consulting units has no specific solutions or sanctions, and there is no determination, leading to delays in work. However, these excuses are not accepted. Many delegates of the Provincial People's Council and the government are concerned that the locality will have to return this capital to the Central Government.
Mr. Tran Xuan Vinh - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council once said that the locality needs to prepare funds to be able to continue the project when the Central withdraws capital, while the local budget is increasingly limited, is there enough capacity to complete or leave the project unfinished, unable to promote the effectiveness of the program...
In fact, not only Quang Nam, 50% of provinces and cities with this project also failed similarly. At the end of 2024 session, the National Assembly decided to extend the implementation of these projects until December 31, 2025.
Mr. Huynh Xuan Son - Director of the Project Management Board said, if the construction and disbursement period is allowed to be extended for another year, there is no reason not to complete the project. Without waiting until the end of 2025, at the latest in the first quarter of 2025, all works will be completed, the project will be finished, and all investment capital will be disbursed.
Source: https://baoquangnam.vn/tin-hieu-kha-quan-cho-hai-du-an-y-te-cua-quang-nam-3147721.html
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