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7 firms show interest for MWMC’s outsource project

MULTAN, (MILLAT/APP): Seven multinational firms have showed
their interest in Multan Waste Management Company (MWMC)
outsource project for swift cleanliness arrangements on modern
ways in the city.
MWMC acting Managing Director Imran Noor While talking to
APP here on Thursday said that seven technical pre-qualified
firms including four Turkish, two Chinese and one Pakistani firm
have submitted their bids, while last date for submission of bids
was fixed as March 25.
He said that MWMC Board of Directors (BoD) would select one
company for cleanliness at 68 union councils of the city after
financial evaluation and analysis through bidding process.
He informed that contract would be given for seven years to
a firm, adding that local government department had decided to
outsource the “operational departments” of five waste management
companies including Multan, Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Bahawalpur
and Sialkot.
He informed that two companies including Rawalpindi and Lahore
waste management companies had already been outsourced for
cleanliness through international contractors, he added.
He said that the company’s existing staff and machinery
would be shifted to rural areas including Shujabad and Jalalpur
tehsils after contract with firm for cleanliness in the city.
He said that international contractor would collect the waste
from city on daily basis and provide it to the company.