12 Jul 2007, New Paper
WANTED: DURIANS (70 per cent bitter, 30 per cent sweet)
THE cops are asking someone to help them raise a stink.
By Ng Hui Hui
THE cops are asking someone to help them raise a stink.
And they are willing to pay for it.
But only if the taste is right - 70 per cent bitter and 30 per cent sweet.
Before you panic and start digging for your N95 masks, it's no terror attack - although some do consider the smell of durians a biological assault on the senses.
The Special Operations Command (SOC) of the Singapore Police Force has posted a message online calling for quotations to supply 1,200kg of the fruit - an order vendors are unlikely to turn up their noses at.
Durian sellers said that at the prevailing market rate, they would quote $8 to $15 per kg for the Mountain King durian, which is one of the most popular varieties now.
NOTICE ON GOVT PORTAL
The quotation notice was posted on GeBIZ last Friday and the closing date was 11.59pm on Monday.
GeBIZ is the Government's one-stop e-procurement portal where all the public sector's invitations for quotations and tenders are posted.
A police spokesman told The New Paper that if the estimated purchase value of the items is more than $3,000 but less than $70,000, 'open quotations on GeBIZ... shall be the default mode of inviting quotations'.
Operation Stink is a durian feast for more than a thousand police officers.
And to be part of Operation Stink, vendors must go through a 'critical evaluation' test. That is, they must provide durians for sampling.
Only the best will then be considered.
Vendors are also expected to brief the evaluation team on the types of durians available and the places of their origin.
And the chosen one must be fully equipped to take part in Operation Stink.
He must provide tables for opening the durians and takeaway boxes for packing them.
He must also provide two 'personnel' to open and serve the durians during every operation.
No slip-ups in the quality of the durians will be tolerated.
If the quality of the durians is not the same as those provided during the evaluation test, 'the vendor shall be liable and the Authority has the right to reject the goods and payment will not be made for the whole sum'.
Operation Stink will take place at two locations on 11 occasions. Four of those will be at the Police K9 unit in Choa Chu Kang and the rest at SOC in Queensway.
There may be simultaneous operations at the two locations and the vendors must be able to react accordingly.
Each session begins at 1700 hours.
If there are any changes, the 'Authority' will inform the vendor one day before the operation.
To ensure minimal collateral damage, the personnel must remove the durian husks from the premises after every operation and dispose of them appropriately.
WANTED: DURIANS (70 per cent bitter, 30 per cent sweet)
THE cops are asking someone to help them raise a stink.
By Ng Hui Hui
THE cops are asking someone to help them raise a stink.
And they are willing to pay for it.
But only if the taste is right - 70 per cent bitter and 30 per cent sweet.
Before you panic and start digging for your N95 masks, it's no terror attack - although some do consider the smell of durians a biological assault on the senses.
The Special Operations Command (SOC) of the Singapore Police Force has posted a message online calling for quotations to supply 1,200kg of the fruit - an order vendors are unlikely to turn up their noses at.
Durian sellers said that at the prevailing market rate, they would quote $8 to $15 per kg for the Mountain King durian, which is one of the most popular varieties now.
NOTICE ON GOVT PORTAL
The quotation notice was posted on GeBIZ last Friday and the closing date was 11.59pm on Monday.
GeBIZ is the Government's one-stop e-procurement portal where all the public sector's invitations for quotations and tenders are posted.
A police spokesman told The New Paper that if the estimated purchase value of the items is more than $3,000 but less than $70,000, 'open quotations on GeBIZ... shall be the default mode of inviting quotations'.
Operation Stink is a durian feast for more than a thousand police officers.
And to be part of Operation Stink, vendors must go through a 'critical evaluation' test. That is, they must provide durians for sampling.
Only the best will then be considered.
Vendors are also expected to brief the evaluation team on the types of durians available and the places of their origin.
And the chosen one must be fully equipped to take part in Operation Stink.
He must provide tables for opening the durians and takeaway boxes for packing them.
He must also provide two 'personnel' to open and serve the durians during every operation.
No slip-ups in the quality of the durians will be tolerated.
If the quality of the durians is not the same as those provided during the evaluation test, 'the vendor shall be liable and the Authority has the right to reject the goods and payment will not be made for the whole sum'.
Operation Stink will take place at two locations on 11 occasions. Four of those will be at the Police K9 unit in Choa Chu Kang and the rest at SOC in Queensway.
There may be simultaneous operations at the two locations and the vendors must be able to react accordingly.
Each session begins at 1700 hours.
If there are any changes, the 'Authority' will inform the vendor one day before the operation.
To ensure minimal collateral damage, the personnel must remove the durian husks from the premises after every operation and dispose of them appropriately.
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