Procurement board gives clean slate to SGR tender case

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The Public Procurement Administrative Review Board expelled a petition against a key contract. The construction of the Sh327 billion ($3.7 billion) standard guage railway line (SGR) between Mombasa and Nairobi is likely to get back on track.

The provision of consultancy services for design review and construction supervision on the SGR project is being questioned. As one of the bidders, Team Engineering SPA, questioned the award of the tender to TSDI (The Third Railway Survey and Design Institute Group Corporation) which led to a dispute.

Team Engineering had needed an administrative review of the tender, basing its case on two premises: that the procuring body, Kenya Railways Corporation had not briefed it of the award to the winning tenderer and that the winning bidder had an accord with the SGR’s contractor: China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC).Read complete story at http://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/procurement-board-gives-clean-slate-sgr-tender-case-91.php