Chittagong Bureau :
Bangladesh Railway Chittagong Controller of Stores is going to procure mobile lifting jack through International tender No. P6/ DSL/ SPL-Reqn/ 11/ 15/ RT, dated: 14/ 12/ 2014 . The tender was opened on 23.03.2015 and seven bidders participated in the tender .
Evaluation Committee decided to select an Indian offer considering as lowest bidder in the tender, ignoring the quality and safety matter and importance of the lifting jack under which more engineers and technicians of Railway workshop will work together.
It is considered as super safety equipment as well as more risky.
It is mentionable that , Indian manufacturer has no past record or experience to supply such products to railway.
Besides, past supplied lifting jack was supplied in the year 1953 & 1964 by the Canadian manufacturer M/s. Handling Specialty (Whiting Brand) which has been running for 62 years and 50 last (One set is in Pahartali and another one is in Parboti pur workshop )
On the contrary, Railway procured some other machineries from India under financed by ADB in the year 1988 which become useless and scrap during short lasting period stated by the workers of Railway workshop during interrogation.
In this regard Chief Controller of Stores(East) Engineer Mohammed Lutfar Rahman stated that, we don’t know about performance of Indian lifting jack because, we have no past experience with Indian Jack.
He also admitted that it is a super safety equipment and more risky. So, we should very carefully handle this matter to save our engineers and workers who were rearing the engine under the bottom part of engine. we only floated tender but decision maker is Railway Ministry. We can not say more than that, he added.
The authority concern should take decision for the welfare of our country and specially for the safe and damaging engine to occurred and incident in future.
Bangladesh Railway Chittagong Controller of Stores is going to procure mobile lifting jack through International tender No. P6/ DSL/ SPL-Reqn/ 11/ 15/ RT, dated: 14/ 12/ 2014 . The tender was opened on 23.03.2015 and seven bidders participated in the tender .
Evaluation Committee decided to select an Indian offer considering as lowest bidder in the tender, ignoring the quality and safety matter and importance of the lifting jack under which more engineers and technicians of Railway workshop will work together.
It is considered as super safety equipment as well as more risky.
It is mentionable that , Indian manufacturer has no past record or experience to supply such products to railway.
Besides, past supplied lifting jack was supplied in the year 1953 & 1964 by the Canadian manufacturer M/s. Handling Specialty (Whiting Brand) which has been running for 62 years and 50 last (One set is in Pahartali and another one is in Parboti pur workshop )
On the contrary, Railway procured some other machineries from India under financed by ADB in the year 1988 which become useless and scrap during short lasting period stated by the workers of Railway workshop during interrogation.
In this regard Chief Controller of Stores(East) Engineer Mohammed Lutfar Rahman stated that, we don’t know about performance of Indian lifting jack because, we have no past experience with Indian Jack.
He also admitted that it is a super safety equipment and more risky. So, we should very carefully handle this matter to save our engineers and workers who were rearing the engine under the bottom part of engine. we only floated tender but decision maker is Railway Ministry. We can not say more than that, he added.
The authority concern should take decision for the welfare of our country and specially for the safe and damaging engine to occurred and incident in future.
