NFR-Tender: Authorities to be fair & vigilant in getting bid manipulation by contractors, and save public money
In continuation to our post dated 10th January, 2024, we hinted on #MANIPULATION in #NFR Tender, which may be stopped by our POST now.
“NFR Tender: Something doesn’t feel correct & hints towards big manipulation”
There was total ‘3’ #EMD received by the NFR’s Signal and Telecom #Construction Department and still this #Tender was extended multiple times without apparent reason.
Through our reliable resources we discovered that that all these #bidders are #eligible-bidders.
A major part of this tender is #Tunnel Communication and their #OEM or associated #partner are the main beneficiaries of this tender.
There was another Tunnel Communication tender along with this tender, which is concluded and the awarded to #RailTel-Kolkata for Rs. 66 Crore.
Coming back to the current tender which ends with “R” – means it has already been re-tendered – it looks like it is purposely getting extended multiple times as to make it a #BIG-tender so that only #PSUs can quote thereby eliminating #competition from small and medium size bidders.
We can sense there is a particular pattern forming here where only handful of PSUs quote for the tender and further it is awarded #back-to-back.
This is very serious matter and we request #GMNFR, #RailwayBoard and #RailTel to be fair and vigilant in getting #BID-MANIPULATION done by #contractors and request them to follow fair #bidding process thereby saving public money. To continue..