In response to a letter written by Transparency International (TI) raising concerns about the pre-qualification of firms in awarding contract of Park Enclave Housing Scheme, Capital Development Authority (CDA) Chairman Farkhand Iqbal has claimed to redress the grievances of the contractors who were not pre-qualified in the process. In his written reply to the TI, a copy of which is available with Pakistan Today, the CDA chief said that since receiving the grievances on the bidding from TI, CDA board in its meeting held on February 2, 2012, has constituted a redressal committee to attend to the grievances of the contractors who were not qualified in the pre-qualified process.
Earlier, on complaint of some contractors who also took part in the pre-qualification process but could not get pre-qualified, the TI had written a letter to CDA and raised objections of the prequalification process. The letter raised concerns about the tendering process of the project and about engaging NESPAK in scrutinizing the tender bids. The letter alleged that the CDA and NESPAK had made a cartel for awarding the contract to MAAKSON Ltd. The TI also asked the CDA to form a committee to look into the contractors’ complaints, but the authority did not bother to do so. When the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) took up the matter, the CDA was compelled to form a committee to investigate the tenders.
However, the CDA chairman in his reply submitted that CDA had hired the services of NESPAK for the park enclave project under the provisions of Public Procurement Regulations for Procurement of Consultancy Services Regulations 2010.
It was stated in the reply that technical proposals of the so far pre-qualified contractors are under appraisal with the NESPAK. Nevertheless, the financial proposals are still intact, so there is no likelihood of any favoritism on the part of either the CDA or NESPAK.
The CDA chairman submitted to the TI that outcome of the redressal committee will guide CDA to finalize the list of contractors and if any discrepancy is found by the committee that would be rectified accordingly and the aggrieved party will have all rights of its inclusion in the list of the pre-qualified contractors.
How stupid and unlawful it is that all the authorities including Transparency International are talking about that who should benefit through this contract award. No one is talking about the what are the right of those who deposited millions of rupees to CDA to get this land developed in 18 months. So far nothing is done except to probe and reprobe that who should earn billions of rupees out of the pocket of poor allottees.
To me, the whole discussion in CDA was supposed to be that how quickly we can deliver what we promised to our respected citizens who trusted on us and deposited their hard earned life savings with CDA.
Shame on CDA, all 10 companies, MAAKSONS and Transparency International. And our SYSTEM.
CDA initially claimed to complete the development work on park enclave within a year and later unilaterlly increased the time frame to 18 months. Eight months have already lapsed and one only wonders when the start time will actually commence. And what shall be the penalty charged to CDA for so brazenfacedly lying to public, and for the inordiante delays.
There is now a talk of creating fifty two kanal plots to accomodate political cronies.CDA bosses should actually be hanged if they change the original plans. And the depositors should be compensated at the social discount rate, as a minimum, for any delays in the project.
I think a time has reached where in all the allottees must unite to take the case of Park Enclave to the court of law as CDA has not only failed to go by its commitment but also breached the ageement/contract under which the allottment letters issued to allottees and recieved the payment. In this regard I would request allottee from legal fraternity to come forward for necessary action. Allottees would be ready/willing to contribute financial support.
i agree with javed that all alootee should come forward and bring cda offcials in the supreme court for there fraud and yesterday in news paper it was written that they are spending the money of park enclave in some other projects,they should be hanged for deceiving the people.shame shame shame for cda officials chor dakoo authority (CDA)
Yes, the allottees should seek SC intervention for a minimum fifty percent of the deposited money as fine from cda for cheating and keeping them in the dark on the development of the scheme. An allottee or a committee of allottees should come forward to gather all allotteess under one banner and go ahead with the course of action in this regard.
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