Colombia rejected satellite 'Made in China'
Bid. Dismissed as legal, financial and technical. Government declared void the contract in which only China had the technology.
EFE. The Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications of Colombia declared a second time, deserted the tender for the design, manufacture, launch and operation of a satellite communications.
Minister of Information Technologies and Communications, Diego Molano Vega said that only received a proposal from the company China Great Wall Industry Corporation, which was rejected based on the recommendations of the evaluator.
"The tender was declared void following the recommendations of an evaluation committee that reviewed the legal, financial and technical aspects of the proposal and concluded that the bid submitted did not meet the requirements," said Molano. The tender was to find a company that made the "design, manufacture, launch and in orbit performance validation Satellite Communication System of Colombia (SATCOL). "
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Colombian government declares void tender to build the first satellite
The Ministry of Information and Communications of Colombia said on September 1 desert the bidding process seeking to who designed and built the first satellite of this South American nation.
"The tender was declared void following the recommendations of an evaluation committee that reviewed the legal, financial and technical aspects of the proposal and concluded that the bid submitted did not meet the requirements," said Diego Molano, head of agency, told reporters.
One of the two candidates was the company's China Great Wall Industry Corporation, which according to a report published in this portfolio website, did not comply with several requests made by the government entity.
"While some omissions in the tender documentary of China Great Wall Industry Corporation could be remedied (...) is not recommended to go to this instrument since the proposal incurs multiple grounds for rejection "said the note.
The project that would orbit SATCOL (Colombian Satellite) is valued at 500,000 million pesos (about $ 230,000) and aims to provide Internet and telephone connectivity to 30,000 remote sites in the country.
(*) It should be recalled that the first communications satellite exports from China to Nigeria, the NigcomSat-1 never made it to operate, as is currently being built a new one to replace the failed NigcomSat-1.
also the Chinese communications satellite sold to Venezuela, known as Venesat-1 or Bolivar-1 is a mystery, since we do not know if it really is operating 100%, he calls attention to after been announced with great fanfare, once launched and no one speaks absolutely nothing of this great achievement of the Bolivarian Revolution Blog and many talk about their alleged failures and operating partially.
(*) is thanked for its diffusion.
also the Chinese communications satellite sold to Venezuela, known as Venesat-1 or Bolivar-1 is a mystery, since we do not know if it really is operating 100%, he calls attention to after been announced with great fanfare, once launched and no one speaks absolutely nothing of this great achievement of the Bolivarian Revolution Blog and many talk about their alleged failures and operating partially.
(*) is thanked for its diffusion.
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