On April 14, 2021, local time, Texas, the United States, Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket was undergoing testing.People’s Visual Information Map

On June 12, an unidentified bidder bid 28 million U.S. dollars (approximately RMB 179 million) for a ticket for the first manned space flight of Blue Origin, a space exploration company owned by Amazon founder Bezos. .

According to a report by the US Consumer News and Business Channel (CNBC) on June 12, the winning bidder will fly into space on the “New Shepard” with Bezos and his brother Mark on July 20. Blue Origin said it will announce the passenger’s name in the next few weeks.

On June 7, Bezos announced on social media that he would participate in the first manned flight of the “New Shepard” as a passenger on July 20, and his brother Mark will also participate. Blue Origin’s astronaut instructor, Arian Cornell, stated in the auction webcast that the first manned flight of the “New Shepard” will carry four passengers, including Bezos, Bezos’ brother, There will be a fourth bidder who will be announced later.

On May 5, Blue Origin announced the sale of a ticket for the first space cruise through an online auction. The initial bid for this ticket was 4.8 million U.S. dollars, but it exceeded 20 million U.S. dollars in the first few minutes of the auction. According to reports, the auction proceeds will be donated to Blue Origin’s education-focused non-profit organization “Future Club”, which provides support to young people interested in future science and engineering careers.

The “New Shepard” is named after Alan Shepard, the first American astronaut to enter space. It consists of a rocket and a crew compartment, both of which can be reused. There are 6 crew compartments. seat. The aircraft being developed by Blue Origin plans to send humans and payloads to suborbital space and return.

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The mysterious buyer bid 179 million yuan in 7 minutes to buy a space quota with Bezos. (Data map)

The manned spacecraft “Blue Origin” (Blue Origin), a space technology company owned by Bezos, the founder of the American e-commerce giant Amazon, will launch next month, and the first flight seat bidding for the spacecraft will end on the 12th. According to US media reports, a “mysterious” buyer bid 28 million U.S. dollars (approximately 179 million yuan) within 7 minutes to buy a space with Bezos. The buyer’s identity will be in the next few weeks. Announced within.

According to ABC and CNBC reports, Bezos announced on the 7th that he and his brother Mark will fly to the edge of space on a New Shepard rocket in western Texas on July 20 and return Earth’s surface. In addition to Bezos and his brother, and the staff involved in the experiment, participating in the test flight, there is also a seat for sale in the form of public auction. At the auction on the 12th, a “mysterious” buyer successfully qualified for $28 million within 7 minutes. The proceeds from this auction will be donated to the “Blue Origin” charity foundation “Future Club”, which aims to fund the development of future young people in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

It is said that the New Shepard rocket can be recycled and reused after launch. It has successfully tested 15 times without carrying personnel. July 20 will be the first manned space flight of “Blue Origin”. During the 10-minute space travel, passengers have 4 minutes to stay above the boundary between space and the Earth’s atmosphere. After the rocket is lifted off, the space capsule will be separated from the rocket propeller and stay at an altitude of more than 100 kilometers for 4 minutes. During this time, passengers in the capsule will experience weightlessness and can also watch the arc of the earth from space.

Construction

Capacity profile fraud

Recently, the Education and Times newspaper received feedback from readers about the serious violations of the Bidding Law in Package 12: Construction, supply and installation of equipment for the whole project (except for the part of Package 13) belonging to the project of headquarters of the People’s Court of Ha Dong District.

Bidding package is procured by Hanoi Civil and Industrial Construction Investment Project Management Board.

The decision on contractor selection is signed by the leader of the Hanoi Civil and Industrial Project Management Board to select the contractor to execute the bidding package.

The person who signed the Decision is Mr. Luong Thanh Phong – Deputy Director of Hanoi Civil and Industrial Project Management Board.

According to readers, on December 18, 2020, the Management Board of Hanoi’s civil and industrial construction investment projects had Decision No. 354 / QD-BQLDADD & CN approving the selection results. Select the contractor of Package 12: Construction, supply and installation of equipment for the whole project (except for the part of package 13) belonging to the head office project of the People’s Court of Ha Dong district.

Accordingly, CID HOLDINGS Joint Stock Company is the winning bidder, the bidding package price is VND 27,607,384,000; Winning bid price is: 27,468,439,000 VND, contract execution time is: 355 days, the form of contractor selection for this package is public bidding.

However, in the finalization of corporate income tax at the Tax Department of Nam Tu Liem district, CID HOLDINGS Joint Stock Company (tax code 0107005836), is located on the 22nd floor of Vinaconex 9 Building, Lot HH2-2 Pham Hung Street, Me Tri Ward, Nam Tu Liem District, Hanoi City in 3 years (2017-2018-2019) only achieved an average annual revenue of 26.9 billion VND.

Specifically, in 2017, the company’s revenue was only 213,539,301 VND; in 2018 was 39,499,342,800 VND; in 2019 it is 41,216,509,132 dong.

Under the guidance in Circular No. 03/2015 / TT-BKHDT and as required by the bidding documents issued by the Management Board of civil and industrial construction projects of Hanoi City in Section 2.2 of The evaluation criteria table of competence and experience clearly states that the minimum annual average revenue of an enterprise must reach 42 billion (the minimum average revenue meets the requirements of the bidding documents).

The elephant goes through … the pinhole

Thus, with an average revenue of only 26.9 billion in the last 3 years, it is clear that CID HOLDINGS Joint Stock Company is not eligible to bid. And should be, the bid of CID HOLDINGS Joint Stock Company must be the agency responsible for detecting the above fraud and removed from the beginning, but it is not clear how, this unit is still allowed to attend. bid review and bid winner !?

In addition, in Section 3 of the Criteria for Evaluation of Competency and Experience, there is a requirement that the minimum number of similar contracts must be equal to 3 or different from 3, at least one contract with a minimum value of 20,000. .000.000 VND and total value of all contracts ≥ 60.000.000.000 VND from 1/10/2017 up to the time of bid closing.

It is known that in the past 5 years, CID HOLDINGS Joint Stock Company has been announced to win 4 bidding packages, all of which have low value, including: Package 3 Supply and transportation of VTTB and accessories (winning price is 2 , 7 billion VND; won the bid on May 3, 2019) invited by the Central Region Power Project Management Board; Package No. 03: Construction of the project of Quynh Bao Commune Medical Station, Quynh Phu District, Thai Binh Province (winning bid price is 5.08 billion VND; Winning the bid on 2/2/2020)….

Due to the above-mentioned irregularities, readers suspect that the leaders of CID HOLDINGS Joint Stock Company have falsified the documents to bid and win the bid.

The fact that CID HOLDINGS Joint Stock Company does not meet the financial criteria but still wins the bid, causing public opinion to question: Is the investor deliberately “creating conditions” for CID HOLDINGS Joint Stock Company to win? Bid?

With the manifestations of fraud and violation of the Bidding Law of CID HOLDINGS Joint Stock Company that has been mentioned by the public, the leaders of the Hanoi People’s Committee are requested to direct relevant agencies to enter, investigate, and clarify early. and strictly handle violations according to law provisions (if any).