CHATTOGRAM, Nov 4: The Energy Ministry has been evaluating two foreign proposals under G2G basis for operations of the Single Point Mooring (SPM). The proposals are from China and Indonesia.
Earlier the Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) had invited tender for appointment of operations and maintenance (O&M) contractor through Open Tender Method (OTM) instead of G2G basis for operations of the Single Point Mooring (SPM).
Two foreign tenders have been dropped for appointment of a Consultant for the SPM with double pipeline on July 8 last, the last date for submission of tender.
One of them belongs to Indonesia and another was Netherland firm.
After the submission of tenders, the BPC had started evaluations of those tenders. But the offers of those tenders were not satisfactory, said BPC sources. For this reason, the BPC sent it to the Ministry of Energy and Mineral resources for taking a decision.
BPC sources said, the Ministry has already cancelled those tenders.
Two foreign tenders have been dropped for appointment of a consultant for the SPM
Meanwhile, the SPM, built on 90 acres of land in Maheshkhali upazila, Cox's Bazar, is a government-to-government (G2G) initiative between Bangladesh and China, completed at a cost of Tk 8,341 crore in the last year. The test commissioning of the project had also been completed in the past year. But due to new process of the appointment, the operation of SPM has now been delayed further.
Earlier, the government decided to award the contract for the operation and maintenance (O&M) of Bangladesh's first Single Point Mooring (SPM) with a double pipeline project to the China Petroleum Pipeline Engineering Co. Ltd (CPPEC) as G2G basis.
Meanwhile, in a meeting of the Advisory Council Committee on Economic Affairs (ACCEA) held at the Cabinet Division conference room at Bangladesh Secretariat with Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed in the chair on January 2 decided to appoint operations and maintenance (O&M) contractor through Open Tender Method (OTM).
For this reason, the Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) will go to invite tender through open tender method.
Currently, the decision to award the contract for the operation and maintenance (O&M) of SPM with a double pipeline project to the China Petroleum Pipeline Engineering Co. Ltd (CPPEC) has been cancelled.
Earlier, the Advisory Council Committee on Economic Affairs (ACCEA) had approved a proposal from the Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC), the implementing agency of the SPM project, to sign the O&M contract with the Chinese company during its meeting on November 21.
CPPEC had been working as the contractor for the SPM project, and BPC selected the firm for the O&M job without any competitive bidding process. The proposal was moved to ACCEA by the Energy and Mineral Resources Division under the Speedy Increase of Power and Energy Supply (Special Provision) Act 2010.
But presently, the government repealed the Speedy Increase of Power and Energy Supply (Special Provision) Act 2010 on December 1 last, following an order from the High Court that removed the scope for signing the contract with the Chinese firm.
The state-owned Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) undertook the project to streamline the offloading of petroleum products and their transportation via pipeline.
