BMA announces the process for inspecting the purchase of exercise equipment.

Bangkok, Bangkok holds a press conference on the inspection process for purchasing exercise equipment in the Vachirabenjathat Sports Center. and Wareephirom Sports Center admit there is an abnormality Ready to expedite inspection At 8:30 a.m. Mr. Chatchart Sitthiphan, Governor of Bangkok, Mr. Sanont Wangsangboon, Deputy Governor of Bangkok, and representatives from ACTAi attended a press conference on the process of inspecting the purchase of exercise equipment in sports centers. Wachirabenjathat and Wareephirom Sports Center with nearly 10 million baht in procurement Mr. Chatchat stated that he only learned about the matter last Sunday. Two months ago, the State Audit Office had a random inspection. Because there are complaints Therefore, you can check as usual. When asked if you accept that the purchasing price is higher than normal? which Mr. Chatchat I admit that there was a higher price than usual. But it follows Under the Procurement Act of 2017, TOR has already been made through the e-bidding process . However, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration has set up the Anti-Corruption Committee, or C.P.T., to inspect and work in parallel. Together with The State Audit Office is ready to admit that there are some matters that are not transparent. and ready to check and improve If you can't explain it, you will be responsible for it. It is confirmed that the management never ordered any wrongdoing. If corruption is found, full legal action will be taken. 'Affirm that I am transparent. It's like now I'm standing and undressing for you to see." As for Bangkok's corruption prevention, it is in a 4+1 manner, with separate work divisions for the civil service department and the council. The first is the matter of drafting budget ordinances. Later, it will go to the House of Representatives with a committee of 50 people helping to examine it. Before later using Procurement Act 2017 in setting the median price Ultimately, it will be inspected by the private sector through ACTAi, which allows citizens to jointly inspe ct. Other projects will also be examined. Mr. Sanont's side Further clarified that If looking at the data from ACTAi, it is found that the winner of the bidding It has been working with Bangkok since March 2022, which was the previous executive. And there has been a procurement contract since 2022 before the current management team comes to work in June 2022. The winner of the bidding has worked with Bangkok before. The price of the treadmill is approximately 600,000 baht. At that time, Bangkok did not set the median price. It is the price that was previously purchased as the base. Ready to confirm that the said procurement is not related to the previous governor (Pol. Gen. Asawin Kwanmuang) because various operations And the budget used for procurement is the budget for 2023. Everything must be done transparently to provide maximum benefit to the people. Mr. Somboon Homnan, Deputy Permanent Secretary of Bangkok, further explained the price investigation part that The price inquiry process is as follows. Th e Procurement Act of 2017 provides that Must survey market prices of no less than 3 companies, then have a committee to set a median price. in each purchasing item Which are appointed according to the orders of the authority and the person, which will not be the same for each project. However, if the investigation finds wrongdoing or real corruption Must be prosecuted according to law without exception. In this part of the joint inspection That preliminary observation. Asst. Prof. Dr. Torphas Yomanak said that actai.co is one of the channels that have been jointly developed with government agencies. To create participation for the public sector in examining the transparency of procurement in government agencies. Every project will reveal relevant information such as bidding details of the contractor company, median price, project details. Related budgets, etc., for the public to know in detail. All information is supported and referenced from the Comptroller General's Department. Source: Thai News Agency