Transport Minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook said HeiTech Padu Bhd was awarded the RM190 million contract from the road transport department (JPJ) before Farhash Wafa Salvador Rizal Mubarak became a substantial shareholder in the firm.
Loke said the ministry's board of acquisitions agreed on Nov 24 that Heitech Padu's bid for the maintenance of JPJ's MySikap system and IT infrastructure was the lowest and most reasonable.
"This acknowledgement was submitted to the finance ministry for its final approval on Dec 4 and the Treasury's approval was given on Feb 8 for a value of RM185 million, excluding service tax," he told reporters in a press conference today.
Loke said the matter was brought up by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim in the Cabinet meeting earlier today, due to insinuations that the project was awarded to HeiTech Padu over Anwar's ties with Farhash.
Farhash was formerly Anwar's political secretary, before the latter was appointed as prime minister.
HeiTech Padu announced on Monday that it had signed the letter of award from JPJ for the RM190 million three-year contract which commences on May 1.
On March 14, the technology services firm said Farhash had acquired an indirect interest of 15.9% (16.1 million shares) in the company, making him a substantial shareholder of HeiTech Padu.
The contract extension to HeiTech Padu Bhd, granted with the consent of the Finance ministry, covers critical services such as preventive maintenance, cybersecurity, and software license renewal, with a total mobilisation value of RM 54.32 million Loke added.
He said the company offeres maintenance and technical support services contracts for MySikap and the Main Framework System Hardware & Software (Mainframe) across all offices of the Road Transport Department (JPJ) Malaysia.
He explained that MySikap serves as a vehicle and driver information system, facilitating online services such as motor vehicle registration, driver's license renewal, and motor vehicle license issuance, encompassing over 1,300 types of transactions.
The Mainframe, on the other hand, acts as server hardware storing MySikap data.
"In retrospect, the Ministry of Transport (MOT) decided in 2014 to separate the MySikap and Mainframe contracts, with negotiations ongoing.
"In March 2023, JPJ proposed merging the two components into one tender for better project management," he said
During the transition to merge the service tenders, MOT decided to extend the Mainframe and MySikap contracts until April 30, 2024, with a mobilisation value of RM 27.29 million for Mainframe and RM 27.03 million for MySikap.
Notably, the contract extension focuses on critical services at a lower price than the original contracts, while efforts to improve the existing maintenance tender merger contracts continue.
An open tender for the merger of the two services was initiated on June 21, 2023, with three companies participating.
After evaluation, HeiTech Padu emerged as the recommended offer by the MOT Procurement Board based on reasonable pricing and fulfillment of all valuation stages.
The Finance ministry granted final approval on Dec 4, 2023, with its approval obtained on February 8, 2024, for a value of RM 185 million (excluding service tax), below the estimated ceiling price of RM 207.3 million.
交通部长安东尼·洛克·秀福说,在Farhash Wafa Salvador Rizal Mubarak成为该公司的大股东之前,HeiTech Padu Bhd获得了道路运输部门(JPJ)颁发的价值 RM190 百万美元的合同。
洛克说,该部的收购委员会于11月24日同意,Heitech Padu对维护JPJ的MySIKAP系统和IT基础设施的出价是最低和最合理的。
他在今天的新闻发布会上对记者说:“该确认书已于12月4日提交财政部进行最终批准,财政部于2月8日批准了价值 RM185 百万加元的批准,其中不包括服务税。”
洛克说,此事是由总理拿督斯里·安瓦尔·易卜拉欣在今天早些时候的内阁会议上提出的,因为有人暗示该项目因安华与法哈什的关系而被授予HeiTech Padu。
在安瓦尔被任命为总理之前,法哈什曾是安瓦尔的政治秘书。
HeiTech Padu周一宣布,它已经签署了JPJ的授标书,该合同为期三年,耗资RM190,该合同将于5月1日开始。
3月14日,这家科技服务公司表示,法哈什已间接收购了该公司15.9%(1,610万股股份)的权益,这使他成为HeiTech Padu的大股东。
经财政部同意,HeiTech Padu Bhd的合同延期涵盖预防性维护、网络安全和软件许可证续订等关键服务,总动员价值为5,432万令吉。
他说,该公司为马来西亚道路运输部(JPJ)的所有办公室提供MySIKAP和主框架系统硬件和软件(Mainframe)的维护和技术支持服务合同。
他解释说,MySikap是一个车辆和驾驶员信息系统,促进在线服务,例如机动车登记,驾驶执照续期和机动车执照发放,涵盖1300多种类型的交易。
另一方面,大型机充当存储 MySIKAP 数据的服务器硬件。
“回想起来,交通部(MOT)在2014年决定将MySikap和大型机合同分开,谈判仍在进行中。
他说:“2023年3月,JPJ提议将两个组成部分合并为一项招标,以改善项目管理。”
在合并服务招标的过渡期间,交通部决定将大型机和MySikap合同延长至2024年4月30日,大型机的动员额为2729万令吉,MySIKAP的筹资额为2,703万令吉。
值得注意的是,合同延期侧重于以低于原始合同的价格提供关键服务,而改善现有维护招标合并合同的努力仍在继续。
2023年6月21日启动了合并这两项服务的公开招标,有三家公司参加。
经过评估,根据合理的定价和所有估值阶段的完成情况,HeiTech Padu成为MOT采购委员会的推荐报价。
财政部于2023年12月4日批准了最终批准,其价值为1.85亿令吉(不含服务税),低于2.073亿令吉的估计上限价格,该批准于2024年2月8日获得批准。