Govt eases bid rules for flood deals

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Govt eases bid rules for flood deals

Cabinet counters critics, cuts B30bn requirement

Published: 15 Aug 2012 at 00.00
Newspaper section: News

The cabinet yesterday approved a proposal to ease the criteria for selecting contractors for its 350 billion baht flood prevention scheme.

The proposal was submitted for cabinet approval by the government-appointed Water and Flood Management Commission, chaired by Science and Technology Minister Plodprasop Suraswadi.

The terms of reference (ToR) for the scheme previously stated that each qualified contractor must have carried out projects with a combined value of at least 30 billion baht during the past 10 years.

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Silkpit
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Discussion 8 : 15 Aug 2012 at 18.518
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Ease the criteria, to the normal and very much in practice criteria of who knows who amongst the top elite corruptioniers.
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Discussion 7 : 15 Aug 2012 at 11.257
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D2 spot on. I fear that is what will happen in Thailand as has happened in many other countries already. It doesn't matter who is in power in Thailand, they are all elitist and they will sell their souls to the devil.
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Discussion 6 : 15 Aug 2012 at 09.426
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I wonder how much money has been wasted on useless projects which wont ever be of any use .Secret plans with only limited contractors is a perfect way to skim unaccountably .
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Discussion 5 : 15 Aug 2012 at 09.295
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A government that is unwilling or unable to action that is even temporarily unpopular with it's supporters is unfit to govern.
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Discussion 4 : 15 Aug 2012 at 08.484
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So contractors submit projects and the government chooses which ones it wants, with the hope that the chosen collection of projects alleviates the flooding? Doesn't the government know what has to be done in its overall flood-prevention vision and the contractors are bidding on the government projects?
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Discussion 3 : 15 Aug 2012 at 07.483
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Oh! Another income source the those who have been left out. Therefore, all the proxy-contractors can help themselves on the 530 billion baht.
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Discussion 2 : 15 Aug 2012 at 05.412
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Plodprasop maintained the MoU would not favour Chinese companies in the flood prevention scheme.

Oh really, then why create the MOU.

Next we will learn the MOU includes resettlement rights for another 10,000 Chinese "engineers".

PTP are raising the bar on graft and corruption to new heights.
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Discussion 1 : 15 Aug 2012 at 02.171
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I thought PTP had promised all flood projects to be complete or in process by now? What happened? And by relaxing the criteria, all they're doing is opening up the bids for more corruption. Why have any criteria at all. Or just one criteria - contractor must be a relative of a PTP politician, no actual experience necessary.
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