A total of 12 companies had applied for the bidding process of ‘Double Lane Dual Carriageway Standard Expressway Road, Bridge, Slope Stabilization, Interchange, Toll Plaza and Allied Works, in the sixth package of the Kathmandu-Tarai-Madhesh Expressway.
Based on Nepal Army’s technical evaluation, five companies were qualified for the bidding process.
The China First Highway Engineering Co. Ltd, which was not selected in the bidding process, filed a case against the decision at the Public Procurement Review Committee.
Later, the Committee issued a directive to include the Chinese company in the bidding process which was called on June 1.
After the inclusion of China First Highway Engineering Co. Ltd, six companies were selected for the bidding process.
Of the qualified companies, CFHEC won the contract to construct the fast track at Rs 18. 80 billion.
India’s Afcons Infrastructure Limited had bid Rs 19. 99 billion for the contract while China Overseas Engineering Group Company Ltd, China Railway No 2 Engineering Group Co Ltd had bid Rs 20. 46 billion for the contract.
Similarly, Sino Hydro Corporation Limited, Power China Chendu Engineering Corporation Limited had bid Rs 22.16 billion and China State Constructing Engineering Company and Poly Changda Engineering Company had bid Rs 27. 58 billion and Rs 42 billion for the contract.
Brigadier General Bikash Pokharel was given the responsibility of the project at the time of bidding and technical evaluation of the contract for the sixth phase of the fast track. He was later replaced by Brigadier General Kamal Bikram Shah.
An official at the Nepal Army said that the CFHEC was included in the bidding process following the directive of the Public Procurement Review Committee.
So far, the tender has been called for six packages and all the packages were awarded to Chinese companies.
The construction was started in 2017 and the new deadline to complete the project is July 2024.
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