Thread: BMTA scraps bid for NGV bus fleet due to no-show of any bidders

Bangkok Mass Transit Authority, the only operator of city bus service, decided to scrap the bid to find a supplier for 489 NGV buses after no representatives of the three companies earlier showed interest to join the bid failed to show up to submit their bids for the deal on Thursday – the closing date for bid submission.

BMTA board chairman Natthachart Charuchinda said it was necessary for the board to cancel the bid because none of the three companies namely Bestlin Group, Thai Technology and Development Company and JVCC Chor Thavee Joint Venture showed up within the 11 am deadline for the bid submission.

He said authorities concerned would review the TOR and the median price of the bus fleet which used the bidding price offered by Bestlin Group that enabled the company to win the contract in the last bid.

He added that the process would take about two months after which a new would be staged.

Bestlin Group won the previous bid with an offer of 3,387 million baht to supply 489 NGV buses to BMTA. But the company failed to deliver the bus fleet within the period specified in the contract because most of the buses were impounded by Customs Department at Laem Chabang deep-sea port because the department suspected that the company falsified information about the origin of the buses.

An informed source said that the 3,387 median price was too low, making it impossible for any potential suppliers to deliver the bus fleet as required.

As far as Bestlin Group is concerned, the BMTA board is expected to decide shortly whether the company is qualified to re-enter the bid for its failure to make delivery of the bus fleet.

BMTA scraps bid for NGV bus fleet due to no-show of any bidders - Thai PBS English News

A deal gone sour. Was corruption to blame?

Originally Posted by Wilsonandson

A deal gone sour. Was corruption to blame?

No. A fix is/was in. The money will eventually get to the right people.

They could by some buses from the customs auction?

If they set the same price as the tax dodging company, the no offer was to be expected...