MPSJ takes over tender exercise to hire contractors
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Waste matters: (from right) Ismail Kamal, Fooi, Roslan and Dr Loi briefing on the new rubbish collection and cleaning tender exercise during the press conference.
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Solid waste management contractor Alam Flora Sdn Bhd has lost its right to determine who gets the job in the RM70mil annual waste collection and cleaning exercise in Subang Jaya.
Due to mounting pressure from the public and the Selangor state government pushing for greater transparency the closed-tender exercise will come to an end starting with Subang Jaya.
From now on the Subang Jaya Municipal Council will determine the companies eligible to receive rubbish collection and cleaning jobs in 242 areas.
At a press conference to clear the air, the four councillors in charge of waste matters, Pooi Weng Keong, Ismail Kamal Abd Rahman, Roslan Shahrir and Dr Loi Kheng Min said they would be the new tender board committee members representing MPSJ.
“The other board members will be the state legal director, the council president and state quantity surveyor and representatives from the State Economic Planning Unit (Upen),” said Fooi.
The MPSJ DAP chief whip noted that the new tender exercise would save taxpayers about RM3.5mil.
He said the committee had knocked down the tender price for each area.
Roslan added that unlike in the past, each selected contractor was only eligible for one area.
“In the past, one company applied through Alam Flora and secure several jobs,” he said.
Of the 242 areas, 61 contracts are for rubbish collection and the rest for cleaning.
“So far we have short-listed the companies for the 61 areas and expect to close the tender exercise next month,” said Roslan, the PAS representative in MPSJ.
On the current role of Alam Flora, Fooi noted that it would not have any more powers to determine who got the job.
“We select and allow Alam Flora to monitor and manage the contractors and it would be paid commission by the successful contractors,” said Fooi.
NGO representative Dr Loi said the state executive council made the decision and MPSJ was the first council to implement the new tender exercise.
Dr Loi said the companies registered with state economic plannic unit and Finance Ministry, must have the required capital and machinery to carry out the job and audited financial reports.
“A total of 1,124 companies have applied for the 242 jobs and the council even made some RM300,000 in selling the tender forms,” he said.
The councillors also dismissed allegations that the new companies receiving the jobs would be cronies of the Pakatan government.
“We are trying to make things transparent and those who are not successful are bound to throw all kinds of allegations at us,” Dr Loi added.
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