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Nov 08, 2012 News
…MP finds this unconscionable
The Public Procurement Commission which is a constitutional body born from the Public Procurement legislation should be established to investigate Government’s engineers estimates and contracts for various sectors, according to Leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC) Khemraj Ramjattan.
Ramjattan noted that the parliamentary opposition and the government submitted the names of persons to sit on the Commission. However to date nothing has been done to institute this Commission.
Noting a bid opened Tuesday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) for the supply and construction of potable water well at Providence, East Bank Demerara, Ramjattan said that the engineer’s estimate was $107 million. The lone bidder, B.K International, submitted a bid for $174M.
He said it is either this government engineer is lackadaisical and does not know his job or there is something seriously wrong with the specification in the contract which made a bidder place such a high bid for the construction of the well.
“These things need to be investigated and the Procurement Commission needs to be implemented.”
Under the current legislation, Cabinet has the right to review all procurements that exceed $15M.
Meanwhile, another parliamentarian said “assuming that engineer’s estimate is in keeping with today’s pricing and that his bid is close to the project cost, which I honestly doubt, then it goes to show how unconscionable some contractors could be—the lengths to which they would go to maximise their profits”.
“They would have done a proper estimate and even added a mark-up that would have been in the vicinity of the $107 million. But surely it goes to show the kind of profits these contractors seek and how merciless they are when doing business for the government.”
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