In a relief for the engineering and construction giant Larsen & Toubro Ltd (L&T), the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) notified the Supreme Court on Friday that it decided to scrap the £ 14,000 crore tender process in which it dismissed the company. “We are deleting the tender,” senior lawyer Mukul Rohatgi, who represents MMRDA, told the court. A Supreme Court Bank, led by Chief Justice Br Gavai, accepted MMRDA’s decision to abolish the entire tender process for two major infrastructure projects. “It is reasonably stated that the whole tender process is being scrapped in a greater public interest. The plea is thus put as infallible,” the court ordered. The bank then closed L&T’s plea. L&T has moved the Supreme Court with the allegation of procedural and unfair treatment in the Bie for the Thane-Ghodbunder to Bhayander Infrastructure Project, an important part of Mumbai’s expansion of urban transport. The Supreme Court order now means that all existing bids, including L&Ts, void, causing a possible reinitiation of the Tender process by MMRDA. Although the outcome does not guarantee the contract he has been looking for, it offers the company a new opportunity to bid. “How can L&T be disqualified?” The Supreme Court may have questioned 29 how L&T – which built the central Vista of Delhi – can be disqualified while others were allowed to continue. ‘Just remember what happened to the Uttarakhand tunnel, where 40 workers were trapped and then rescued. L&T is disqualified, and the person selected … You know, “notes the Chief Justice and emphasizes concerns about the qualifications of the selected contractors. MMRDA then searched one more day to complete discussions about the tenders and the disqualification of L&T. The Supreme Court granted 24 hours and would have heard the case on May 30. However, MMRDA chose to completely abolish the tender process “MMRDA has voluntarily decided to continue with a re -establishment process, without harming his legal rights,” a MMRDA spokeswoman said in response to today’s proceedings. “We are also considering a downward review of the base project costs by around £ 3,000 crore as a step towards financial efficiency and to deliver greater public value,” the spokesman said. Initially, L&T disputed the case in the Bombay High Court, which rejected his petitions on May 20. However, the Supreme Court ordered that the bids filed electronically by L&T be preserved in a sealed cover for two weeks, giving the company time to approach the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court also instructed MMRDA to communicate the decision for the Tender Award in accordance with the instructions to bidders. Why MMRDA disqualified the most important argument of L&T L&T was that it was never informed about its disqualification, and that the prize bid was not even opened, which raised questions about transparency in MMRDA’s process. According to L&T, it submitted its financial bid on December 30. MMRDA then opened the technical bid on January 1 and began to evaluate, but did not communicate the status to L&T. Nevertheless, MMRDA scheduled the opening of financial bids for 13 without informing L&T or inviting it to see the process, while other bidders were notified. MMRDA disputed L&T’s claim before the Supreme Court and said that although the financial bid of the company was about £ 3,000 lower, it was not opened because L&T was disqualified because he did not submit a required affidavit. Companies participating in the tender had to submit an affidavit stating that no bridge built by the company was collapsed within two years of completion, a critical criterion for suitability that MMRDA said that L&T had not met. Two MMRDA infrastructure projects – which were on a £ 6,000 crore for an increased road and £ 8,000 for a tunnel – are seen as decisive for reducing travel time between the suburbs of Mumbai and the core areas of the city. One of the planned bridges is set to the second largest in Maharashtra to the Mumbai Trans Harbor Link (Atal Setu).
SC closes L&T’s plea after the civilian body of mumbai cancel £ 14,000 CC for important infra projects | Company Business News
