Firm that won police station deal faces bid-rigging charge
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On September 25, public prosecutors will decide whether to go ahead with filing a bid-rigging charge against the firm that won the contract to construct 369 new police stations, and its executives.
According to the Department of Special Investigation (DSI), PCC Development and Construction Co and its executives had offered an unrealistically low price to block other contenders and ended up failing to complete the project.
“It [their bid] was Bt540 million less than the standard price,” DSI official Lt-Colonel Theerawat Kongmon said yesterday.
He spoke after submitting evidence and investigation reports to an executive director of the Office of the Attorney-General.
Previously, the DSI had also asked the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) to investigate Abhisit Vejjajiva and Suthep Thaugsuban for their role in awarding the contract to this firm. They were prime minister and deputy prime minister at the time.
The DSI also recommended that the firm and its executives be prosecuted on charges of fraud after some subcontractors complained that they had not been paid for jobs completed.
The Office of the Attorney-General does not plan to combine the bid-rigging and fraud cases.
