‘Sak Siam’ ordered to expedite the discussion. NESDB clears the crux of the auction of 224 EV buses

according to the media (Digital Economic Base) reported the news on June 30, 2022, in the case of the Prime Minister breaking the BMTA after discussing the latest school personnel, following a business rehabilitation plan to solve the debt accumulated hundreds of billions of dollars. Je Ting, a project to hire a pilot of 224 EV buses worth 953 million, may avoid the crux of failing to pass the Board of Trustees. Urgent orders to talk to NESDB to check if it is an investment budget that the board offers or not.

BMTA would like to clarify that BMTA currently has 2,885 buses and 107 routes are in service and is in the process of preparing a rehabilitation plan for the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority. Because in the past, BMTA experienced a loss from service costs that were inconsistent with revenues received, resulting in continual liabilities of approximately 124,000 million baht and existing BMTA buses were deteriorated. causing a large cost of maintenance and maintenance, approximately 1,600 million baht per year, as well as according to the rules for packing buses to obtain a license from the Department of Land Transport that requires a new car or a vehicle that Registered for no more than 2 years to include in the license within 1 year from the date of receiving the operating license, resulting in the BMTA urgently need to procure buses. because there is no new car packed according to such conditions In addition, if the vehicle cannot be packed in time within the specified period, it may result in the BMTA losing its right to be a bus operator, which is the main mission of the organization. including not being able to provide equal services to all citizens especially those with low to middle income Which is the majority of people who use the bus service of the BMTA.

In the matter of procurement of buses in a contract service method instead of buying or renting a bus, BMTA would like to clarify on this issue that outsourcing (private providing buses and drivers) is the use of operating budget from fares. Fuel cost difference (From diesel fuel to electric system), the difference in repair costs is reduced. including the cost of hiring personnel to operate the vehicle without using additional investment budget for the operation No need to borrow more money and is not a long-term obligation because it is an urgent work plan to solve the critical problem of BMTA by means of a short-term contract while waiting for the rehabilitation plan to be approved to proceed In terms of procurement of buses by means of subcontracting services, BMTA is based on the principle of classification of budget expenditures according to budgets in the category of expenses. That means the expenditure for obtaining services. (Wages for service for the contractor to do any one of the things that are in the responsibility of the contractor But it is not an assembly, modification, addition or improvement. land and construction equipment) according to the letter of the Bureau of Budget No. NorNor 0704/Wor 33 dated January 18, 2010. However, under the scope

of operations in this project Its main objectives are to increase the efficiency of bus management and to reduce pollution in the urban area, as well as to solve the problems of the BMTA, as mentioned above. which needs about 200 buses without investment budget because it is not an expense for the creation of fixed assets Therefore, it does not fall under the rules and procedures relating to the investment budget of state enterprises B.E. 2563 in conjunction with Section 7 (5) of the National Economic and Social Development Council Act B.E. 2561

However, from the meeting of the State Enterprise Policy Committee (Public Education Committee) on June 22. Minister of Transport (Mr. Saksiam Chidchob) has instructed the BMTA to expedite the implementation of the meeting resolutions and all the observations at the meeting. to be completed as quickly as possible in order to support the service to the people with efficiency and to give the people the highest satisfaction both on the issue of improving the rehabilitation plan of the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority to be in line with the current situation and consulting with the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDB) to ensure transparency, clarity, and verifiability in order to strictly adhere to good governance.