Addu · 2023 Construction of 12 classrooms at Seenu Hithadhoo Nooraanee School Project Overview This project is the construction of 12 classrooms at Seenu Hithadhoo Nooraanee School, for which the primary client is the Ministry of Education. The Ministry stated that the National Tender Board had opened bid submissions twice and did not receive any proposals by the due dates. Hence, the decision was made to approach two parties, Nooradheen Investment and K&F Holdings Pvt Ltd, to submit bids. The letters to these two parties were sent on 12 October 2022, and the submission due date was 13 October 2022. Allowing one day to submit bid documents is not a best practice in procurement, and it is unclear why the Tender Board allowed such a tight deadline. After the evaluation process, the project was awarded to Nooradheen Investment, and the agreement was signed on 29 December 2022, requiring the project to be completed within 365 days. The total amount agreed for the project was MVR 12,490,088.48 (USD 805,860.51). Key Findings Public participation in civic activities was observed to be very poor in this atoll. The council makes very little effort to enhance public engagement. The council does not proactively check or engage with ongoing projects in the atoll unless the function of monitoring is specifically assigned to it. The social audit could not establish why restricted tendering was used to award the project, and the justification for the price quoted for the project was not documented. Full Report އެކައުންޓަބިލިޓީ އިން ޕްރެކްޓިސް: ސޯޝަލް އޮޑިޓް ކޭސް ސްޓަޑީޒް - އެންޓި-ކޮރަޕްޝަން ކޮމިޝަން Client Ministry of Education Contractor Nooradheen Investment Procurement Method Restricted tendering Contract Value MVR 12,490,088.48 (USD 805,860.51) Agreement Signed 29 December 2022 Completion Period 365 days
