CBI probe sought into airport trolley contract

Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala Civil Aviation General Workers Cooperative Society has demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the alleged favouritism involved in awarding the contract for trolley retrieval service at the Thiruvananthapuram international airport.
In a memorandum submitted to the CBI Director, the workers’ society pointed that Airports Authority of India (AAI) official had ‘violated laws while awarding the contract thus causing financial loss to the tune of Rs.25,000 per annum’ and the contract was against AAI’s commercial interest.
The cooperative society, which had also participated in the bid along with three other institutions, pointed out that they were not informed regarding the time and date of opening of the price bid. One of the bidders who had no experience in handling the work was informed by AAI officials while opening the bid, the memorandum said.
“Despite quoting the highest amount of Rs.65 per trolley, we were denied the contract,” society chairman, Jude Sajith D’Cruz pointed out. The society alleged that the commercial manager had deliberately and purposefully avoided the society.
The society also pointed out that the firm that had been engaged in trolley retrieval service for the last three years had again been awarded the contract.
08/11/07 The Hindu

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Categories: Airports Nov 2007