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KRINAS, an Italian company, was disqualified on the
technical evaluation of an over 14 million Br tender
floated by Anbessa Shoe Factory. The financial
offers of the eight other short-listed international
companies that passed the technical evaluation were
opened last week.
The first modern shoe factory in the country
established 60 years ago, Anbessa Shoe, floated a
tender in April 2007 with five departments to
procure 44 various machineries.
When the Factory opened the bids on May 29, 2007, 11
international companies participated. Eight of them
were from Italy, two from South Africa and one from
China. However, two Italian companies, Bombelli and
Granucci, were disqualified due to their failure to
submit bid bonds on the spot.
After the tendering committee of the Factory
examined the bid documents on technical evaluations
of the remaining nine bidding companies, KRINAS was
the only unsuccessful one.
The 59,810 finished shoes order from an Italian
company, La Nuova Adlachi SPA, has jolted Anbessa
Shoe into installing new production lines so that it
can meet its commitment.
For the procurement and installment of the new
machineries, Anbessa obtained 16.5 million Br of
interest free loans from the Industrial Development
Fund (IDF).
The Factory has floated a tender to find suppliers
in five divisions of departments such as cutting,
upper stitching, lasting and finishing, air
compressor and soles.
According to a source at the tender committee,
one-third of the fund required for the five
departments goes to finance the procurement of 18
machineries needed in the upper stitching
department.
Torelli, Ciurili, Despa and KRINAS of the Italian
companies as well as Fred Moller from South Africa
had presented their financial offers to supply the
machineries required in the upper stitching
department. The Factory recommended Ciurili for the
procurement of these machineries and has rejected
the other four bidders.
“The
decision was not fair and moreover, we deserve to be
informed on whatever has transpired in relation to
our disqualification,” one of the representatives of
the four companies rejected from this department,
told Fortune.
Although, KRINAS has been disqualified in all the
bids, the rest of the companies are still bidding
for the other departments.
Enyew Zeleke, acting manager of Anbessa Shoe
Factory, stressed that the tender is taking place in
a smooth course of progress.
Though, the five international companies contesting
in the department that involved the large financial
package, there are those other departments in which
various items listed for procurement have attracted
MC Group of Italy as well as the Chinese Hebex.
With the expansion and possession of the machineries
it requires, Anbessa Shoe will be capacitated with
greater efficiency to produce 3,000 shoes per day up
from the 1,000 shoes daily which it currently
produces. The 742 employees of Anbessa would grow by
17pc, as the Factory will require additional 133
workers.
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