Noh Omar: Transparent open tender ensures supply of quality seeds

PUTRAJAYA, October eleven The supply of padi seeds through open proposal this year is to ensure which only companies assembly the criteria to supply peculiarity seeds are awarded the tender, Agriculture as well as Agro-based Industry Minister Datuk Seri Noh Omar pronounced today.

Noh Omar says under the open proposal system, each duplicate was evaluated by 3 committees of the ministry. File pic

Previously, the proposal for supply of padi seeds was carried out through direct traffic as well as farmers complained of carrying perceived low peculiarity seeds as well as the companies were found to have allocated third parties to supply the seeds, he said.

Under the open proposal system, the proposal was advertised in the newspapers as well as each duplicate was evaluated by 3 committees of the ministry.

Each duplicate should do the criteria of the padi seed supplier as well as have the approvals of the Finance Committee as well as Technical Committee prior to being shortlisted by the Procurement Board Master Committee.

However, it is surprising which when we introduced the open tender, which is some-more transparent, there were some-more protests, he told reporters after the 2013 bill seminar of the ministry, here.

Noh was asked to criticism on the inform in the news portal not long ago which the method awarded the RM164.8-million proposal to the seed supply company which had failed to meet the criteria. Bernama