Investors Protest Lamchabang Phase III Time Frame Too Short.
The Rehearing Event Set on 21 Jan to set new time frame.
15-1-2019—Today Montree Lerkjumnian Director of Lamchabang Port Authority of Thailand on behalf of Lamchabang Port acting governor disclosed the result of the bidding price envelope of the selecting private joint investment of Lamchabang phase III, Port F project worth 84 billion baht that of total 32 entities purchased the bidding document, yesterday there are only one group of company name Associate nfinity., Co.Ltd summited the price offering envelope and it was found that it didn’t qualified because it didn’t propose the price envelop guarantee which considered as an important document and it caused Port Authority of Thailand (PAT) can’t continue consider the next phase. By the way PAT will organize the event on 21 January 2019 during 9.00-11.00 at 19th floor PAT Office Building for public hearing and answer to the question to the misunderstanding of the investors about the qualification of the bidder of the project and brain storming to compose the direction of the conduct to have it completed very soon.
Kanit Sangsupan EEC Secretary General disclosed that it was found the time frame for the bidding only two months set for the bidding preparation was too short “the reason why have only one entity summited to bid the project of the total 32 entities purchased bidding because the time set for the bidding preparation was too short, normally the project’s bidding must take 3-4 months for bidding preparation.It made investor couldn’t make the preparation in time and there were 13 private entities sent the letter requested to extend the time as the time was to tight.I had told deputy prime minister Somkid and he told to have it suitably considered.The official frame to receive the bidding summiting will be reset on the coming 21 January at PAT while open for investors rehearing.By the way this time extending will not effect the overall major project of EEC which was set to have the investors for all project with in April 2019 ” said EEC secretary general Kanit.
