The Hon. Mujibur Rahman
Mujibur Rahman raised a point of order concerning a two-envelope tender process for a 50 MW project, arguing that Hayleys Fentons had initially been rejected on technical grounds and that its financial bid was opened only after a Procurement Appeal Board direction. He stated that, despite the Procurement Committee again finding the technical proposal non-responsive, the matter was approved by a Cabinet sub-committee after 1 November, and that a related court case was withdrawn following an undertaking to split the project into two 25 MW lots. He maintained that the issue was not the identity of the awardee but alleged violations of tender procedures, transparency, and the rule of law.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Deputy Speaker, I rise to a point of Order.
¶ 02 He has made this Statement in reply to an issue I raised yesterday.
¶ 03 Hon. Minister, this was a two‑envelope tender. In such tenders, the bid security is first examined. On opening, Hayleys was rejected. They appealed. The PAB then directed the Tender Board to open their financial bid. After opening, the Procurement Committee observed: “Based on the above observations, the Procurement Committee is of the view that the Technical Proposal submitted by Hayleys Fentons Limited failed to meet the responsive requirements substantially,” and rejected it. Despite that, the matter was sent to the Cabinet sub‑committee which approved it, and this was after President Anura Kumara Dissanayake assumed office on 01 November. You also said the court case was withdrawn. Yes, but they did so because an undertaking was given by the then Ministry Secretary to split the 50 MW into two lots of 25 MW each. This is not an unsolicited proposal; tender regulations were violated. My point is about transparency and rule of law, not who gets the award.
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