{"id":36021,"date":"2024-08-29T23:48:58","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T04:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev?p=36021"},"modified":"2024-08-29T19:27:36","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T00:27:36","slug":"hdc-to-award-santa-rosa-contract-to-chinese-firm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/hdc-to-award-santa-rosa-contract-to-chinese-firm\/","title":{"rendered":"HDC to award Santa Rosa contract to Chinese firm"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trinidad and Tobago<\/p>\n

Several contractors are getting ready to challenge the intention by the Housing Development Corporation (HDC) to award a huge housing contract in East Trinidad to a Chinese contractor.<\/p>\n

HDC yesterday issued a notice of a decision to award a contract to China Harbour Engineering Company Ltd to build houses at the Corporation\u2019s Santa Rosa Housing Development.<\/p>\n

The contract, which is to design and build houses on the site, is for $475.83 million.<\/p>\n

China Harbour was not the lowest bidder for the contract. According to a notice attached to the announcement several local contracting firms submitted bids for the project, but were not successful.<\/p>\n

Junior Sammy Construction submitted a bid for $419.22 million, Mootilal Ramhit & Sons Contracting submitted a bid for $344.15 million and NH International (Caribbean) put in a bid of $259.61 million.<\/p>\n

The HDC announcement states that there is a standstill period from July 31 to August 14, 2024.<\/p>\n

\u201cConsequently, in accordance with section 35 of the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Property Act, as amended, the HDC is initiating a standstill period of ten working days,\u201d said the HDC notice.<\/p>\n

Section 35 of the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Property Act states: \u201c35. (2) A procuring entity shall promptly notify each supplier or contractor who presented submissions of its decision to accept the successful submission at the end of the standstill period.<\/p>\n

(3) The notice referred to in subsection (2) shall contain, at a minimum, the following information:<\/p>\n

(a) the name and address of the supplier or contractor presenting the successful submission;<\/p>\n

(b) the contract price; and<\/p>\n

(c) the duration of the standstill period as set out in the solicitation documents.\u201d<\/p>\n

The standstill period gives bidders the ability to launch challenge proceedings against the intention by state companies to award contracts.<\/p>\n

One contractor, who is on the list of bidders, said: \u201cWhile we have not made a final decision, this award is likely to be challenged by us and the project stopped while the Office of Procurement Regulator does its review.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis intent does not constitute an offer or a binding contract between the HDC and China Harbour Engineering Company T&T. In the event that the HDC or China Harbour Engineering are unable to successfully reach agreement at the close of negotiations, the HDC will conclude the procurement process with with China Harbour Engineering and continue the same with the next eligible proponent,\u201d the HDC said<\/p>\n

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Trinidad and Tobago Several contractors are getting ready to challenge the intention by the Housing Development Corporation (HDC) to award a huge housing contract in East Trinidad to a Chinese…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1091,"featured_media":36022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[250],"tags":[190,173,137],"class_list":["post-36021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-articles","tag-construction","tag-contracts","tag-trinidad-and-tobago"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/pexels-n-voitkevich-6120394-scaled-e1724976824531.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6u9Qa-9mZ","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":36211,"url":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/regulator-yet-to-receive-complaints-on-hdcs-santa-rosa-project-tender\/","url_meta":{"origin":36021,"position":0},"title":"Regulator yet to receive complaints on HDC’s Santa Rosa project tender","author":"Mayra Bonilla Lopez","date":"September 12, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Trinidad and Tobago Despite several contractors vowing to challenge the intention of the Housing Development Corporation (HDC) to award a contract to Chinese firm China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC), none have done so. 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