March 14: The Public Procurement Monitoring Office (PPMO) has blacklisted two dozen companies for delaying the construction works against the contracts signed with various public agencies. According to the decision taken by the PPMO on Sunday, those companies were blacklisted for delaying construction works related to the government office.  

Blacklisted builders, supplier companies and consultant companies will not be allowed to participate in any government procurement process during the blacklisted period.

According to the PPMO, Siraha-based Bikash Nirman Sewa company has been blacklisted for three years. This company had stalled two contracts under the Road Division Office, Lahan.  

Parsa's consulting company Business Nepal Consultancy Pvt Ltd has also been blacklisted for three years for delaying the work of rural enterprise and remittance projects under the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies. 

Similarly, the Rastriya Nirman Sewa Company has also been blacklisted upon the recommendation of the Infrastructure Development Office Baitadi. The company, which has its office in Dadeldhura, has been blacklisted for three years. Similarly, Akash and Pawan Construction have been blacklisted for one year upon the recommendation of Godavari Municipality of Kailali.

Three companies that did not perform their work on projects under the Road Division Office Kapilvastu have also been blacklisted. According to the PPMO, Ahmad Hussain Construction of Arghakhanchi, Gupta Nirman Seva of Dang, and KP Construction of Arghakhanchi have been blacklisted for one year each. 

Anushthan Construction Pvt Ltd, which has its office in New Baneshwar, has been blacklisted for one year for suspending its work in Bharatpur Metropolitan City. Bholebaba Construction of Nawalparasi has been blacklisted for one and a half years. Similarly, Divya Technology Private Limited, which did not complete the work of the Land Management and Records Department, has been blacklisted for one year.  

Dreamland Metal Industries Pvt Ltd has been suspended upon the recommendation of Ghorahi Sub-Metropolitan Municipality of Dang, Diagnochem International upon the recommendation of BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Gandaki Honey Concern Pvt Ltd upon the recommendation of Khairahani Municipality and Karki Kitchen upon the recommendation of Civil Service Hospital. All of them have been blacklisted for one year. 

Likewise, Ningbo Ningxing International Corporation has been blacklisted for two and a half years. PR Construction Pvt Ltd, which stalled the contract under Birendranagar Municipality, and Siruwa Construction Pvt Ltd, which stalled two contracts of the Road Division Office, Kaski, have been blacklisted for one and a half years. Siruwa Construction Pvt Ltd has also left the work of Kaligandaki Corridor under the Federal Road Supervision and Monitoring Office unfinished.

Similarly, Pappu Malla JV, which stalled the contract of the Road Division Office, Surkhet, has been blacklisted for one year and the suppliers who stalled the work of Shuddhodhan Rural Municipality, Rupandehi, have been blacklisted for one year. 

YP Construction Pvt Ltd, which did not work on the contract under the Road Division Office, Baglung, has also been blacklisted for one and a half years. Suraj General Order Suppliers, which suspended the work under the Rajarshi Janak University's online class operation and management committee, and United Agro Engineering Private Limited, which suspended the work of Khairahani Municipality, Chitwan, have also been blacklisted for one year each.