Stating that the bill has been brought to make the bidding process by public bodies transparent and systematic, Law Minister Gautam said that it will discourage the tendency of not completing projects on time.
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In today's second meeting of the National Assembly, the proposal to consider the 'Public Procurement (Second Amendment) Bill, 2083', which was brought to make the public procurement system more transparent and systematic, was unanimously approved.
In the meeting, Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Sobita Gautam presented a proposal to consider the bill on behalf of Prime Minister Balendra Shah.
Responding to questions raised during the discussion, Minister Gautam said that the bill was brought to make the bidding process called by public bodies transparent and systematic with the aim of providing quick results to the people, and that it would discourage the tendency of not completing projects on time. She said that conducting projects with advance preparation, allowing for very low acceptance, and reducing quality and not completing projects on time would help solve the problem.
Minister Gautam said that the bill has made provisions for taking action against bodies and levels that do not provide construction materials for the project, do not cooperate and do not coordinate, and said that if the party taking charge of the project uses the advance money elsewhere, criminal action will be taken.
MPs Ashish Gajurel, Yubaraj Dulal, Balawati Sharma, Bishwaraj Pokharel, Chandramohan Yadav, and Parasmani Gelal participated in the discussion.
The MPs appreciated the proposal not to include applicants who submit bids with a 30 percent reduction in the approved cost estimate in the evaluation.
They suggested that the average score should be maintained in the bids and the use of Nepali construction materials and the trend of abandoning the work in the middle after the contract is awarded should end. Some MPs disagreed with the ordinance being issued by circumventing Parliament.
