In brief
- Somaliland Sun reported on 2018-11-10 that the National Tender Board awarded three works to Haboon, Aalin and Dileyta construction companies.
- The report named board chairman Mr. Nouh Mohammed Hassan and said losing bidders praised the awards as fair; the newspaper gave no losing bidder's name.
- The report states no contract values, budgets, start or completion dates, and does not establish what happened to the three works afterward.
On 10 November 2018, Somaliland Sun reported that the National Tender Board had awarded three works to three construction companies, in what the newspaper described as a fair and competitive process.
The report said the advertised tenders concerned the carpeting of Alamze stadium in Burao, a building to be added at Hargeisa University, and a new section to be constructed at the Ministry of Finance headquarters. According to Somaliland Sun, the three works went to Haboon, Aalin and Dileyta construction companies respectively.
Somaliland Sun said the announcements were made at the board's office and attended by various tender candidates. It named Mr. Nouh Mohammed Hassan as chairman of the board, and said he described the tenders as competitively participated in and named the participants who went head to head until finalists were chosen. Somaliland Sun does not confirm his position at publication, or afterward, and the report does not say who holds the post now.
What the report asserts about the losers
Somaliland Sun stated that the losers praised the manner in which the tenders were awarded, calling it fair, and that past exercises had equally been touted as fair play. No losing bidder is named, and no direct quotation from any losing bidder is given. The assertion is the newspaper's own and is not attributed to a named bidder or to a procurement record.
What the report does not establish
The report gives no contract value, project value or total project cost for any of the three works, and no budget or expenditure figure. It gives no contract award date or announcement date; the only firm date is the article's publication date, 2018-11-10. It gives no scope, quantities, specifications or design details for the Alamze stadium carpeting, the Hargeisa University building or the Ministry of Finance headquarters section, and no contract durations, start dates or completion dates.
The full legal or trading names, registration details and ownership of Haboon, Aalin and Dileyta are not stated, nor is any track record. The report provides no procurement record, bid figures, number of bidders or list of losing bidders.
The report does not establish that any of the three works started, and it is not evidence of the National Tender Board's current procedures or performance.
Frequently asked questions
Who credited the National Tender Board for fair play?
Somaliland Sun reported on 2018-11-10 that the losing bidders praised the awards as fair. The newspaper names no losing bidder and gives no quotation, so the claim is the newspaper's own rather than a named bidder's.
What did the three tenders concern?
Somaliland Sun reported on 2018-11-10 that they concerned the carpeting of Alamze stadium in Burao, a building to be added at Hargeisa University, and a new section to be constructed at the Ministry of Finance headquarters, won by Haboon, Aalin and Dileyta respectively.
What are the contract values or completion dates?
None is stated. The report gives no contract values, budgets, durations, start dates or completion dates for any of the three works, and does not establish what has happened to them since 2018-11-10.