An artist's impression of the shanty town renovation project in Mongolia.The project will primarily involve the construction, installation, external engineering pipeline network, construction facilities, roads, sites, elevation and landscaping of 1,008 residential communities in Ulan Bator, the capital city of Mongolia. [Photo/MCC Xibei Engineering &Technology Co]

MCC Xibei Engineering &Technology Co, a subsidiary of China Metallurgical Group Corporation (MCC Group), has successfully completed the bidding supervision tasks for a project renovating shanty towns in Mongolia, according to local media reports.

The company has been entrusted by the Baotou people's government to undertake project management tasks on the Mongolian project, and also to carry out limited supervision and management of the entire project process.

Due to the global COVID-19 outbreak, China and Mongolia had suspended personnel exchanges between the two sides. In July, the governments of China and Mongolia opened a "green channel", which provided a way to allow the continuation of the reconstruction project of Mongolia's shanty towns. 

Mongolia holds a construction bidding meeting. [Photo/MCC Xibei Engineering &Technology Co]

In early September, the company sent three experts and technicians to Mongolia to form a project bidding supervision team. After completing a 21-day medical isolation observation in Ulan Bator, the team conducted fruitful work exchanges with Mongolia.

Due to the impact of the epidemic, Mongolia has not yet opened customs. The project supervision team rushed to Zamyn-Uud to cooperate with Baotou city to "send" and "receive" tenders on both sides of the border between China and Mongolia.

Due to the efforts of all parties to coordinate and cooperate, on the morning of Oct 27, the three bidding documents entered Mongolia smoothly, which provided a guarantee for the bid opening of the project to be held as scheduled.

On Oct 28, the bid evaluation committee of the Ministry of Architecture and Urban Construction of Mongolia organized bid opening, bid evaluation, and bidding. 

Mongolia notifies bidders of the results of the bid evaluation. [Photo/MCC Xibei Engineering &Technology Co]