Tender Canceled For Trains On Bidding At The Technical Stage

Tender canceled for trains on Bidding at the technical stage. Railways told to cancel the tender for 44 Vande Bharat trains – Reason: Fresh tenders will be invited in a week. The tender of 44 Vande Bharat trains was canceled due to the bid amount coming out on the technical stage itself. The railway official said that the tender was invited in two packets.

In the first packet, technical bids were invited and in the second financial bids were invited. It is reported that the first technical bids are opened and evaluated. After this, the financial bids of only those bidders who qualify in technical bids are opened. It has been said that at the time of opening of technical bids, some details of financial proposals also came before the evaluation committee.

Regarding this, Railway Board Chairman VK Yadav said that in order to maintain transparency, the committee recommended to cancel the tender and invite new tenders. The Tender Accepting Authority, General Manager of Integral Coach Factory (ICF) has accepted the recommendation.

Fresh tenders will be invited in a week. He said that the three companies had given incorrect prices for the products supplied. The explanation has been sought from them. Significantly, when the tenders were opened last month, only the JV company with a joint venture with China got this job.

Railways recovered 561 crores from those traveling without tickets

Even after the strictness, people are not getting hurt due to free travel on the train. In the year 2019-2020, over one crore people were caught traveling without tickets. Railways have collected Rs 561.73 crore from them as revenue. These facts have come to light after information sought under the Right to Information (RTI) by Chandra Shekhar Gaur, who hails from Madhya Pradesh. Penalty charged