The Hon. Kumara Jayakody
Hon. Kumara Jayakody stated that the matter had been addressed in his response to Question 3 and explained that the procurement was a prequalification tender in which 20 entities were prequalified and 10 submitted bids. He said the procurement committee vetted the criteria on coal supply experience and volume, and that any dissatisfied bidder could have appealed to the Appeal Board, but none did. He requested that any evidence of irregularity be presented, noting that even the previous long-time supplier, Potencia FZ LLC, had not challenged the process.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, the answer lies in my response to Question 3. This was a prequalification tender. Twenty entities were prequalified, ten submitted bids. The core criteria—minimum experience of 100,000 MT with GCV 5,900 kcal/kg and cumulative 500,000 MT—were vetted by the procurement committee. If not satisfied, any of the twenty could have appealed to the Appeal Board; none did. If the Hon. Member has evidence, it would be helpful to present it. Even the long-time supplier Potencia FZ LLC, which supplied for years in irregular ways, has not challenged this process.
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Cite as: The Hon. Kumara Jayakody. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 20 January 2026. No. 23200. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/8983