The House Committee on Budgeting Study and Budget Administration will on Tuesday call on Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to scrap the latest bidding for the main water transmission pipeline system for the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), citing the transparency of the process.
Chaiya Promma, Pheu Thai Party MP for Nong Bua Lam Phu who chairs the House Committee, on Monday said the committee will ask Gen Prayut to launch a new round of online bidding as an alternative in order to attract more bidders and promote competition.
He said the project, owned by the Treasury Department, was opened twice for bidding from July to September last year. He said the terms of reference were revised for the second bidding and that led to questions arising over the transparency of the process, especially after the Treasury Department failed to provide a clear explanation of the matter, he said.
