Kota Kinabalu: SAPP welcomes the open invitation by Energy Commission of Sabah (ECoS) to Sabahan companies to submit bids to develop Large-Scale Solar PV (photovoltaic) power plant in Sabah.
SAPP president Datuk Yong Teck Lee said according to an ECoS statement, “priority would be given to Sabah-owned companies”.
He said ECoS further require that all the bidders “appoint Electrical contractors with class PV (Grid-connected) registered with ECoS”.
Yong urged EcoS to clarify how Sabahan companies can be given priority and explain how is it that seven of the 10 electrical contractors with class PV (Grid-connected) are non-Sabahan companies.
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“Seven of the 10 approved contractors have businesses and registered addresses in the Peninsula. (One of the 7 companies is listed by ECoS as a Kota Kinabalu company but a company search shows that the company is based in Johor” he said.
SAPP call on ECoS to not only announce priority for Sabah companies but to also put Sabah government policy into action, namely to approve more Sabahan companies as contractors.
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