18 Dec 2012 in National Assembly:
Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 30 of the Bill be amended
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18 Dec 2012 in National Assembly:
Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 31 of the Bill be amended in sub clause (3) by deleting the words “may co-opt into” and substituting therefor the words “shall include in”. Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, we want to make it mandatory that the experts will be included and not be co-opted.
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18 Dec 2012 in National Assembly:
Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 32 of the Bill be amended in sub clause (2) by inserting the following new paragraph immediately after paragraph (c)— (d) the affordability, value for money and public sector comparator for the project as prescribed in the regulations made under this Act. Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, again this is to make sure that the Government gets value for its money.
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18 Dec 2012 in National Assembly:
Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I was going to oppose that amendment but since we have entered into a gentleman’s agreement, I support it. We thought that two months without any possibility of an extension would have been too much for the civil servants. But in view of our agreement, I support.
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18 Dec 2012 in National Assembly:
Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 34 of the Bill be amended— (a) by inserting the following new sub-clause immediately after sub clause (1)— (1A)The unit shall submit the feasibility report to the debt management office for assessment and approval of the fiscal risk and contingent liabilities of the project; (b) in subclause (2) by inserting the words “and the approval of the debt management office“ immediately after the word “recommendations”. (c) in subclause (3) by inserting the words “and the approval of Cabinet” at the end thereof. Again, this is just improving the clause as ...
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18 Dec 2012 in National Assembly:
Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 44 of the Bill be amended by inserting the following new sub clause immediately after sub clause (4)— (5) After concluding the competitive dialogue stage, the contracting authority may alter project specifications, risk matrix or structure and may reopen pre-qualification for the project, while keeping the initial prequalified parties qualified. Again, this is improving the clause to make sure that all the necessary procedures will be agreed upon.
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18 Dec 2012 in National Assembly:
Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 45 of the Bill be amended— (a) in sub clause (1) by deleting the words “unless otherwise stipulated in the invitation to bid or tender documents prepared by the contracting authority”; (b) in sub clause (2) by deleting the words “tender document ” and substituting therefor the words “bid submission”; (c) in sub clause (7) by inserting the words “except for construction and design criteria at the later stage of the project ” at the end thereof. This is just to make sure that there are no anonymous bids, and ...
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18 Dec 2012 in National Assembly:
Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 46 of the Bill be amended— (a) in sub clause (2) by inserting the following new paragraphs immediately after paragraph (c)— (d) a representative of the unit; (e) a representative of the Attorney- General; (b) in subclause (4) by deleting the words “and may co-opt into the Committee a representative of the unit”. This is just to include representatives of the Attorney-General and a representative of the unit.
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18 Dec 2012 in National Assembly:
Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 52 of the Bill be amended— (a) in subclause (4) by deleting the words “for assessment” and substituting therefor the words “for confirmation of its initial approval at feasibility stage based on final contract and preferred bidder submission”; (b) by deleting subclause (5). Again this is just an improvement.
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18 Dec 2012 in National Assembly:
Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move:- THAT, the Bill be amended by deleting Clause 54. This is to include even social projects and not just basically commercially viable projects.
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