Top court rules in CP team’s favour for airport project

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Top court rules in CP team’s favour for airport project

 

 

The Supreme Administrative Court on Friday (January 10) reversed a lower court’s ruling and declared a consortium led by the Charoen Pokphand Group (CP) a valid bidder for the Bt290-billion development of the U-tapao and Eastern Airport City project.

 

The Central Administrative Court last April dismissed the consortium’s complaint about being disqualified from the bidding, saying the bid selection committee was correct in its application of the rules.

 

The committee rejected the CP bid because certain technical, business plan and price tender documents had not been submitted by the deadline of 3pm last March 21.

 

In fact, the documents arrived nine minutes late, and the consortium filed a complaint to the court deeming the committee’s decision unlawful.

 

When that complaint was dismissed, the matter moved to the Supreme Court, which ruled that the consortium’s tardiness in providing documents was not a key factor giving it an advantage over its rival bidders.

 

The consortium is comprised of CP Group’s Thana Holding Co, Italian-Thai Development, Ch Karnchang, B Grimm Joint Ventures Holding Co and Orient Success International Co.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/business/30380363

 

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[ThaidDown]

Before the hearing the CP lawyers handed a document to the Supreme Administrative Court showing that the court was actually a subsidiary division of CP.  So the outcome was obvious.

 

Meanwhile officials of the lower court were sent to work as shelf stackers in 7-11 and customer service reps at True as part of their retraining.

 

 

[colinneil]

Top court rules in favour of CP.... What a surprise, what a load of tosh, it was a forgone conclusion that CP would win, never in any doubt.

 

[d2b2]

Bet that was costly

[smutcakes]

17 hours ago, colinneil said:

Top court rules in favour of CP.... What a surprise, what a load of tosh, it was a forgone conclusion that CP would win, never in any doubt.

 

You say that but the other consortium is led by Sino Thai, Anutins company, who are in charge of the Transport Ministry. No doubt lots of back room wheeling and dealing so they can all get their cut of the pies.