KD 119 mn shaved off health waste bill

board authorized the opening of bids from five consulting firms that met the technical evaluation threshold, while five other firms did not pass the evaluation. This decision is in response to the request of the ministry during the meeting of CAPT on Nov 2. Separately, the State Audit Bureau (SAB) has approved the waste disposal tender of the Health Ministry. This is a confirmation of the report that the newspaper published on Oct 26 with the headline, “KD181.9 Million for Waste Disposal in Health Districts: Awaiting State Audit Bureau Approval.” The total value of the contract is KD181,790,330 -- a significant cost saving of KD119,277,799 after the thorough review and audit of SAB.

This saving was achieved by correcting mathematical errors in items 1, 2, 7, 8 and 10, along with adjustment of certain prices in Tables 5 and 6 related to Item 5. On Oct 19, the ministry submitted the tender, which includes cleaning services, internal transport and waste disposal, for KD181.909 million, as per the decision of the Central Agency for Public Tenders (CAPT) to award the contract based on the recommendation of the ministry during its meeting on Aug 5. The tender has 10 components -- Al-Sabah Specialized Medical District (1) for KD17.120 million, Al-Sabah Specialized Medical District (2) for KD21.096 million, Al-Sabah Medical District (3) for KD23.137 million, Capital Health District at KD13.852 million, Hawally Health District at KD11.296 million, Farwaniya Health District at KD19.533 million, Jahra Health District at KD21.020 million, Ahmadi Health District at KD24.737 million, Mubarak Al-Kabeer Health District at KD14.493 million, and the headquarters and central facilities of the ministry at a total cost of KD15.620 million