All three bidders for Bainguinim waste plant disqualified

PANAJI: The solid waste management plant at Bainguinim will be further delayed as all the three bidders have been disqualified. The Goa Waste Management Corporation (GWMC) will now invite new bids to set up the plant.
Managing director of GWMC, Levinson Martins told TOI, “All three bidders have been disqualified from the bidding process as they have not submitted all the documents. We will float new tender documents with modified criteria.”
When asked when the new tender will be floated, Martins said that, due to the pandemic and the corporation resultantly working at half strength, it will take some time. “We will float a new tender as soon as possible,” he said.
The companies that had expressed interest were Hindustan Waste Treatment Pvt Ltd, Maaviya Engineering Consultants Pvt Ltd and Three R Management Pvt Ltd. Their bids had been placed before the technical advisory committee for scrutiny.
Due to inadequate offers, the state government had extended the time limit for accepting bids four times, the last being on January 31.
In 2008, the Corporation of the City of Panaji had acquired land at Bainguinim to set up the plant, and in 2017 it was handed over to GWMC. A public hearing was also held by GWMC and the environment clearance was also obtained.
The plant will include recycling and sorting lines, segregation, bio-methanation and composting systems.