The re-bid for the sale of Afam Generation Plant by
the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) is enmeshed
in controversy following the evaluation of the
technical bids submitted on 15 April, 2013.
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It is alleged that some vested interests, in their bid
to pre-determine the winner of the plant, had put in
a place a scheme to manipulate reputable bidders
with the potentials to post high purchase price out
of the bid to pave the way for their acquisition of
the facility.
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It was reliably learnt that, at the end of the initial
evaluation, all but one of the bidding firms were
disqualified, thus paving the way for a single
bidder. Some strong bidders who scored highly
were said to have been eliminated on questionable
grounds.
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At the last count, sources said no less than seven
petitions had been received by BPE over the
evaluation process.