Source: NYT After years of delays, the federal government approved the third offshore wind project in the US – and the biggest to date. The “Vineyard Wind” project consists of 84 giant turbines that will be built about 19 km from the Vineyard and Nantucket islands off the coast of Massachusetts. Vineyard Wind will have 800 Megawatts of generating capacity, outperforming Block Island Wind’s 30 MW and output from two test turbines installed in Virginia. According to the US Department of the Interior, this project, after going into operation in 2023, will generate enough energy to supply 400,000 homes and businesses. “Vineyard Wind” is a joint project between the energy company Avangrid Renewables and the Copenhagen Infrastructure Construction Company. It is expected that, when operating at full capacity, the Vineyard Wind farm has a total investment of 2 billion USD, can generate 800 MW of electricity / day. The Joe Biden government has a target by 2030 to generate 30 gigawatts of wind power. Interior Minister Deb Haaland evaluated the US licensing for this project as an important step to achieve the set goals of creating more jobs, combating climate change and strengthening the country. The US currently operates a number of small-scale wind farms off the coast of Virginia and Rhode islands.

Video of the low-level Ring Road 2 construction site is rushing construction As noted, the lower road is implementing 2 bidding packages, 5 construction phases are deployed simultaneously, about 200 workers, divide shifts day and night to complete as scheduled. At the scene, workers rushed to execute the project to complete the project according to the plan. The two sides of the lower belt 2 lane are clearly visible day by day, the two sides of the sidewalk are being paved, planting trees, installing lighting systems. The lower part, from Vinh Tuy bridge to Mai Dong bridge, has completed the green pavement items and put into use. The Ring Road 2 construction project includes 2 components, the lower road and the overhead road. Due to the characteristics of both construction and circulation, the other areas of the lower road are being deployed in parallel with the two bidding packages that have divided shifts to work day and night to complete on schedule. The lower Ring Road 2 area has relatively crowded traffic, making construction somewhat obstructed. Workers are urgently implementing the set targets Anh Dao Van Hiep, Field Team Leader of Ring Road 2 Project, said the Ring Road 2 construction project consists of 2 components: the lower road and the overhead road. Mr. Dao Van Hiep added: “The low-rise belt 2 project has relatively crowded traffic, making the construction somewhat hindered. Currently, during the construction process, the unit also coordinates with with ministries and agencies to divide traffic flow, both construction and travel, to avoid traffic jams. Picture of the great construction site of Ring Road 2 below is urgently under construction: Overview of the great construction site of Ring Road 2 below is urgently construction Currently, workers change shifts day and night to implement the project Ring Road 2 below is low with a project capital of about 10,000 billion The iron frames are assembled The workers are diligently implementing the project It is expected that the project will be completed and opened in June 2021. The outside area is regularly cleaned by workers to ensure the road surface for people to move Construction signs are installed in many places Workers are rushing to make bricks and stone pavement Trees are planted along the sidewalks of the road Road construction is completed to anywhere will be completed right there

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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).