{"id":13928,"date":"2023-03-28T13:18:22","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T08:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/?p=13928"},"modified":"2023-04-03T14:01:12","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T09:01:12","slug":"pec-objects-to-cdas-general-pre-qualification-of-construction-firms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/pec-objects-to-cdas-general-pre-qualification-of-construction-firms\/","title":{"rendered":"PEC Objects to CDA&#8217;s General Pre-Qualification of Construction Firms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) has raised objections to the Capital Development Authority&#8217;s (CDA) decision to conduct a general pre-qualification of construction firms for upcoming development works.<\/p>\n<p>CDA intends to pre-qualify firms for their financial soundness, especially for a Rs 10 billion rural development project.<\/p>\n<p>However, PEC guidelines and Public Procurement Regulatory Authority rules only allow specific project pre-qualification, not general pre-qualification.<\/p>\n<p>The environmental wing of the civic agency had previously tried general pre-qualification of firms, which was nullified by courts.<\/p>\n<p>Out of 213 registered firms that applied, only 75 have pre-qualified so far. CDA has other options, including the single-stage two-envelope bidding procedure approved by PAPRA.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both; margin-top:0em; margin-bottom:1em;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/cda-fails-to-obtain-over-700-plots-from-dha-despite-land-handover-14-years-ago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"dofollow\" class=\"u64601ad38afbff10a67e15b84ce9db46\"><style> .u64601ad38afbff10a67e15b84ce9db46 { padding:0px; margin: 0; padding-top:1em!important; padding-bottom:1em!important; width:100%; display: block; font-weight:bold; background-color:#2C3E50; border:0!important; border-left:4px solid #F1C40F!important; text-decoration:none; } .u64601ad38afbff10a67e15b84ce9db46:active, .u64601ad38afbff10a67e15b84ce9db46:hover { opacity: 1; transition: opacity 250ms; webkit-transition: opacity 250ms; text-decoration:none; } .u64601ad38afbff10a67e15b84ce9db46 { transition: background-color 250ms; webkit-transition: background-color 250ms; opacity: 1; transition: opacity 250ms; webkit-transition: opacity 250ms; } .u64601ad38afbff10a67e15b84ce9db46 .ctaText { font-weight:bold; color:#F1C40F; text-decoration:none; font-size: 16px; } .u64601ad38afbff10a67e15b84ce9db46 .postTitle { color:#eaeaea; text-decoration: underline!important; font-size: 16px; } .u64601ad38afbff10a67e15b84ce9db46:hover .postTitle { text-decoration: underline!important; } <\/style><div style=\"padding-left:1em; padding-right:1em;\"><span class=\"ctaText\">ALSO READ<\/span>&nbsp; <span class=\"postTitle\">CDA Fails to Obtain Over 700 Plots from DHA Despite Land Handover 14 Years Ago<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The procedure allows firms to submit both technical and financial bids together, and only technical bids that meet the criteria are considered.<\/p>\n<p>PEC has written to CDA, asking them to withdraw the pre-qualification notice and adhere to procurement policy and rules.<\/p>\n<p>The two-year rural development project will include street pavements, sewerage systems, road maintenance, and other schemes.<\/p>\n<p>The federal government is reportedly pushing CDA to start the project quickly due to the upcoming election year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) has raised objections to the Capital Development Authority&#8217;s (CDA) decision to conduct a general pre-qualification of construction firms for upcoming development works. CDA intends to pre-qualify firms for their financial soundness, especially for a Rs 10 billion rural development project. However, PEC guidelines and Public Procurement Regulatory Authority rules only allow specific project pre-qualification, not general pre-qualification. The environmental wing of the civic agency\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14266,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"img_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/PECs-New-Platform-Allows-Pakistani-Engineers-to-Work-for-International-Firms.jpg",1280,720,false],"medium":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/PECs-New-Platform-Allows-Pakistani-Engineers-to-Work-for-International-Firms.jpg",1280,720,false],"full":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/PECs-New-Platform-Allows-Pakistani-Engineers-to-Work-for-International-Firms.jpg",1280,720,false]},"author_name":"Nazzir Zaidi","categories_name":["News"],"title_text":"PEC Objects to CDA\u2019s General Pre-Qualification of Construction Firms","related_stories":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?filter&per_page=4&categories=5&exclude=13928","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13928\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}