Ministry of Housing opens bids for proposed feasibility study of Ramciel JUBA, 6 December 2011 – The ministry of Housing and Physical Planning in the Republic of South Sudan today opened the bids submitted for the proposed photogrammetric survey, mapping and feasibility study on the new proposed new capital city of the Republic of South Sudan, Ramciel.
While overseeing the opening of the bids this morning, the Undersecretary in the ministry Eng. Alikaya Aligo Samson said the bid that has two proposals, the technical proposal and the financial proposal was done using the internationally agreed standards and that drew bidders from national, regional and international companies. He added that in total twenty five companies had shown interest while seven had been shortlisted for the opening of the bids but one company called Varmacel which he said is a German company asked for the extension of the bidding period which was rejected by the technical committee subsequently making the company to lose its chance in the bidding process. He listed the following companies that he said today can be declared as the official competing companies in the process of mapping and conducting feasibility study for Ramciel city. 1.Mayida Limited 2.Sweco company Limited 3.Pan-China Construction co. Ltd 4.Synohydro Corporation Limited 5.Korea Land and Housing Corporation 6.Ofek Aerial Photograghy (1987) Ltd Eng Aligo (seated) with some of the committee members and bidders perusing the bids. [Photo: Matata Safi] Eng. Aligo reported that the technical committee will be working in the process of examining the two proposals. He promised that within a period of two weeks the committee should be able to submit their report to the highest committee which is the ministerial committee responsible of declaring the winner. He further explained that of the six companies, upon the evaluation of the technical proposal by the committee, the companies that would have made it to the top three or those who would have passed the mark set by the committee will be called for the opening of financial proposals. “We are working in a confidential and transparent manner with the trust and responsibility vested upon us”, he said. He added that the recommendations of the committee to the ministerial committee will be confidential. He said the ministerial committee will allocate the tender to the winning company. Ramciel is the proposed new capital of the Republic of South Sudan. Reported by Matata Safi -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob?hl=en.
