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Procurement body to sift Richmond, Aggreko deals
JIANG ALIPO
Daily News; Wednesday,January 17, 2007 @00:05
A PARLIAMENTARY committee yesterday directed the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) to scrutinise if there was any wrong doing in the tendering process that led to engagement of Richmond Development Corporation (RDC) and the Aggreko in an emergency power supply project.
Talking to the 'Daily News', some of the members of the Parliamentary Committee of Finance and Economic Affairs said PPRA was assigned the task during a meeting with the lawmakers in Dar es Salaam.
"We have asked them to investigate the tender procedures and then report to us whether the procedures were followed or not," said the MPs.
The two companies were given a tender to produce 140MW upon installation of the generators to cope with power crisis in the country Procurement body to sift Richmond, Aggreko deals last year. Aggreko was required to produce 40MW, while RDC was to contribute 100MW.
It was reported that when the tendering process was carried out mid-last year, RDC's offer was rejected by Tanzania Electric Supply Company (Tanesco) - though it was the lowest bid - on grounds that it did not have a proven record of generating power.
Tanesco picked Aggreko and Globeleq for the tender but a ruling was unilaterally made later in favour of RDC. Six other companies had also tendered to supply gas-generated electricity.
However, the Vice-Chairman of the committee, Mr Adam Malima, declined to give details of the meeting, saying it was a normal procedure for it to meet government institutions under Ministry of Finance.
"They have given us a report on their performance today (yesterday), which I have no doubt about, and asked them to prepare some other things. We will meet them again on Saturday.
"This is a normal procedure, there is nothing spectacular. We have discussed a lot of things with them," he said.
Mr Malima said they are interested in PPRA because more than 50 per cent of government finances are spent on procurement. "This is a very important institution with a major role in national development," he said.
Section 9 of Public Procurement Act 2004 empowers PPRA to initiate investigation on any government or public institutions' procurement procedures.
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Tanesco mum on power cuts
DAILY NEWS Reporter
Daily News; Friday,January 19, 2007 @00:06
THE Tanzania Electric Supply Company (Tanesco), yesterday denied knowledge of intermittent power cuts that has affected Dar es Salaam for the past two weeks.
Public Relations Manager of Tanesco Daniel Mshana told the 'Daily News' that he was not aware of the problem and if any, it could have been a unique case.
"I am not aware of any power cuts. If any, it might be a local problem," Mr Mshana said.
The investigations conducted yesterday however, revealed that by yesterday alone, Dar es Salaam had experienced power cuts for more than five times.
It could not be established whether Tanesco had re-introduced power rationing, as was the case in previous days. Recently, Tanesco assured the nation that there would be no more power rationing for the next one year.
They said all six hydro plants in the country were generating 464MW beyond the national demand of 450MW.