The Central Administrative Court (CAC) offers ruled in favour of Bangkok Mass Transit Program Plc (BTSC) in the dispute over the termination of bidding early last year for the right to jointly invest in a new section of the Orange Line from Beat Khun Non to Min Buri.
The decision with the committee selecting a private company to with each other invest in the new Fruit Line project in order to scrap the first putting in a bid was unlawful, mentioned the court ruling on Thursday.
The selection committee’s decision led to the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Asia (MRTA)’s announcement upon Feb 3 this past year that it was cancelling the particular bid, said Surapong Laoha-Unya, CEO associated with BTSC, who made welcome the court’s choice.
The court declared invalid the committee’s choice cancelling the first bidding, which was terminated before terms of reference point were drafted plus new bidding was called.
“Justice is done. So what happened then has been found to be unlawful and this has set the newest norm for putting in a bid, ” said Mr Surapong. “We can’t say for sure if we will earn this bidding or not but we want this to have transparency, justness and accountability. inch
There is certainly another court decision BTSC is still looking towards hearing, he stated.
Along with the petition submitted with all the CAC over the Orange Line bidding challenge, BTSC has also petitioned the Central Unlawful Court for Problem and Misconduct Situations to rule towards both the selection committee and the MRTA over their roles in cancelling the first putting in a bid.
The anti-corruption court is set to hand down the ruling on Sept 17, he said.
BTSC is waiting to see what the MRTA will do next about the first unfinished bidding this had already cancelled and the second putting in a bid that is now underway, he said.
The court on Thursday furthermore pointed out that the second bidding can be cancelled, he said. The criteria arranged for selecting a winner within the second round associated with bidding have not changed from those in the first bidding when it comes to prices; but the technical criteria have been transformed in a surprising way, he said.
Contenders had been required under the outdated technical criteria to have experience in working electric train solutions in the country and experience in constructing a project overseas, he stated.