PANAJI: Anticipating that no bidders are likely to qualify for setting up of the solid waste management facility at Bainguinim, the Goa Waste Management Corporation (GWMC) may relax the criteria for bidders and float a fresh tender.
The tender document was floated as per the guidelines of Central Public Works Department (CPWD), waste management minister Michael Lobo told TOI.
“We will wait till November 9 to see how many bidders qualify for the bids, and then we will float a fresh tender,” Lobo said. “As per CPWD guidelines, nobody will qualify,” he said. Lobo said that they will revise the capacity of daily waste treatment and its turnover capacity.
The waste management minister said that the same tendering procedure was followed after the state government did not get a bidder to set up the solid waste management facility at Saligao.
The long-pending Bainguinim garbage treatment plant is poised to take shape soon as GWMC has invited bids for setting up a solid waste processing facility with a processing capacity of 250 tonnes per day.
In 2008, the Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) had acquired land at Bainguinim to set up the plant, and in 2017 it was handed over to GWMC. A public hearing was conducted by GWMC, and subsequently environment clearance was obtained.
Four companies participated in the pre-bid meeting for the solid waste management plant at Bainguinim. Companies that attended the meeting include Organic Recycling System, Hindustan Waste Treatment, 3R Management and Landsky Engineers.
The plant, estimated to cost Rs 200 core, is expected to cater to the entire Tiswadi taluka. The corporation had invited a request for qualification (RFQ) for the proposed plant. Bids must be submitted before November 9.
GWMC has decided to undertake the project through public private partnership (PPP) on a design-build-finance-operate-transfer (DBFOT) basis, wherein the plant infrastructure will be implemented by the concessionaire along with operations and maintenance for a period of ten years.
The plant will include recycling and sorting lines, segregation, bio-methanation and composting system.