The cash-strapped Capital Development Authority has obliged four firms by awarding additional or new works costing Rs 593.094 million without inviting tenders.
According to the annual audit report 2011-12, the CDA awarded a number of new works as ‘additional works’ costing Rs 493.405 million without inviting tenders in violation of the rules.
As per the rules, a management is not empowered to award a new work as an additional one to an existing contractor without calling open tenders. It only allows minor adjustments in the already awarded work so as to complete it in all aspects.
The public procurement rules also provide that procuring agency shall not repeat orders exceeding 15 percent of the original procurement.
