Islamabad: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has completed the technical bid evaluation for its capital-wide cleanliness and garbage collection project, moving a step closer to awarding a multi-billion-rupee contract covering both urban and rural areas of Islamabad.
According to sources, three joint ventures (JVs) submitted bids for the project. Following the technical evaluation, two bidders were declared non-responsive, leaving the joint venture of NJC, MMC, NCS and Imperial Ventures as the sole bidder.
A CDA official said the authority would proceed with opening the financial bid once the period for filing grievances by the unsuccessful bidders expires. He added that awarding the contract to a single bidder is permissible under Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) rules.
The official said the CDA intends to finalise the contract after several previous tenders for the project were cancelled over the past two years.
The authority had divided the project into two packages, with Zones I, II and III included in Package I, while Zones IV and V fall under Package II. The successful bidder will be responsible for door-to-door waste collection, citywide cleanliness and transportation of garbage to the Losar landfill site in Rawalpindi.
Under the proposed arrangement, contractors will be paid on a per-tonne basis for waste collected. The four-year contract is expected to cost the CDA around Rs4 billion annually.
The CDA currently deploys its own sanitation staff, supplemented by private workers and hired machinery, to manage waste collection in urban areas after previous contracts expired in March last year. Rural areas, however, continue to lack a regular waste collection system, with secondary garbage collection carried out only occasionally.
The civic agency has around 1,100 regular sanitation workers, who will also be placed at the disposal of the contractor once the project is awarded.
Islamabad’s waste is currently transported to the Losar landfill site in Rawalpindi, as the capital still lacks its own landfill facility. CDA officials have previously expressed plans to establish a dedicated landfill site for Islamabad.
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