{"id":21997,"date":"2022-05-05T22:18:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T03:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev?p=21997"},"modified":"2022-05-04T20:16:36","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T01:16:36","slug":"new-public-procurement-commission-poised-to-be-sworn-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/new-public-procurement-commission-poised-to-be-sworn-in\/","title":{"rendered":"New Public Procurement Commission poised to be sworn in"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Guyana<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The National Assembly Wednesday night unanimously approved the five persons\u00a0 who would be serving on the Public Procurement Commission (PPC)<\/p>\n<p>Those approved by the bipartisan Public Accounts Committee as \u201c\u201dsuitable candidates\u201d to sit on the PPC are Attorney-at-Law Pauline Chase, Economist Joel Bhagwandin, Rajnarain Singh, Berkeley Wickham and Diana Rajcumar. The nominees secured at least two-thirds support from members of the National Assembly in keeping with Guyana\u2019s Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Wickham and Ms Rajcumar have been nominated by the opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change.<\/p>\n<p>PAC Chairman, Jermaine Figueira thanked the inaugural PPC- Carol Corbin, Dr Nankishore Gopaul, Sukrishnalall Pasha, Ivor English and Emily Dodson- and hoped that they would be \u201cgiven their rightly deserved dues\u201d for their work in setting up the PPC.<\/p>\n<p>Government lawmaker and PAC Member, Gail Teixeira noted that the People\u2019s Progressive Party Civic-led administration had always proposed that three of the five PPC members represent government and two from the opposition but until\u00a0 now it had been supported. \u201cI believe that in the process that we went through, I think we have found some very good Guyanese to be able to take on this responsibility and continue the work of the former PPC,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>She highlighted that the PPC largely represented a \u201cyounger generation\u201d after having undergone police background checks.<\/p>\n<p>Sixty members voted in favour of the motion.<\/p>\n<p>The PPC is responsible for monitoring and reviewing the functioning of all public procurement systems to ensure that they are in accordance with law and such policy guidelines as may be determined by the National Assembly.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/demerarawaves.com\/2022\/04\/14\/new-public-procurement-commission-poised-to-be-sworn-in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>image: pexels-cottonbro<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guyana \u00a0 The National Assembly Wednesday night unanimously approved the five persons\u00a0 who would be serving on the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) Those approved by the bipartisan Public Accounts Committee&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1091,"featured_media":21998,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[250],"tags":[116,125],"class_list":["post-21997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-articles","tag-guyana","tag-public-procurement"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/pexels-cottonbro-7430328-scaled-e1651713240764.jpg?fit=1024%2C783&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6u9Qa-5IN","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":23418,"url":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/pauline-chase-elected-as-chairperson-of-public-procurement-commission\/","url_meta":{"origin":21997,"position":0},"title":"Pauline Chase elected as Chairperson of Public Procurement Commission","author":"Mayra Bonilla Lopez","date":"August 4, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Guyana \u00a0 Attorney-at-Law, who is the incumbent President of the Guyana Bar Association, Pauline Chase has been unanimously elected as the Chairperson of the recently-appointed Public Procurement Commission (PPC). A press release from the commission said that the body\u2019s first meeting was held on Friday, at the commission\u2019s secretariat in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Articles&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Articles","link":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/category\/articles\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Law-scrabble-tiles-CQF-Avocat-Pexels-e1649276824460.jpeg?fit=1024%2C684&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Law-scrabble-tiles-CQF-Avocat-Pexels-e1649276824460.jpeg?fit=1024%2C684&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Law-scrabble-tiles-CQF-Avocat-Pexels-e1649276824460.jpeg?fit=1024%2C684&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Law-scrabble-tiles-CQF-Avocat-Pexels-e1649276824460.jpeg?fit=1024%2C684&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":28068,"url":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/procurement-commission-meets-national-tender-board\/","url_meta":{"origin":21997,"position":1},"title":"Procurement commission meets national tender board","author":"Mayra Bonilla Lopez","date":"May 25, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Guyana On Thursday,\u00a0 the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) met with the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB), at the commission\u2019s Secretariat, to discuss matters concerning the public procurement process, functions and roles of the respective bodies. This is according to a release on Friday from the PPC. 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As its authority, the PPC referred to 11A of the Procurement Act 73:05 which states\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Articles&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Articles","link":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/category\/articles\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pexels-mikhail-nilov-8297031-1-scaled-e1679011843874.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pexels-mikhail-nilov-8297031-1-scaled-e1679011843874.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pexels-mikhail-nilov-8297031-1-scaled-e1679011843874.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pexels-mikhail-nilov-8297031-1-scaled-e1679011843874.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":23411,"url":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/public-procurement-commission-fully-reconstituted-as-chase-sworn-in\/","url_meta":{"origin":21997,"position":3},"title":"Public Procurement Commission fully reconstituted as Chase sworn in","author":"Mayra Bonilla Lopez","date":"August 4, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Guyana Attorney Pauline Chase was on Friday sworn in before President Irfaan Ali as the fifth member of the Public Procurement Commission (PPC), which has now been fully reconstituted. The four other members of the Com-mission \u2014 Joel Bhagwandin, Rajnarine Singh, Diana Rajkumar and Berkeley Wickham \u2014 were sworn in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Articles&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Articles","link":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/category\/articles\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/lady-justice-Jessica45-Pixabay.jpg?fit=1024%2C767&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/lady-justice-Jessica45-Pixabay.jpg?fit=1024%2C767&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/lady-justice-Jessica45-Pixabay.jpg?fit=1024%2C767&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/lady-justice-Jessica45-Pixabay.jpg?fit=1024%2C767&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":16278,"url":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/pac-invites-nominees-for-procurement-commission\/","url_meta":{"origin":21997,"position":4},"title":"PAC invites nominees for procurement commission","author":"Mayra Bonilla Lopez","date":"April 27, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Despite continuing contentions over its chairmanship, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has moved to seek nominees in order to reconstitute the Public Procurement Commission (PPC). During a virtual press conference on Thursday, Chairman of the PAC David Patterson said that at a meeting on Monday there was a unanimous agreement\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News\/Developments&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News\/Developments","link":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/category\/newsdevelopments\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Notice-Marker-Hand-Nick-Youngson-Alpha-Stock-Images.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Notice-Marker-Hand-Nick-Youngson-Alpha-Stock-Images.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Notice-Marker-Hand-Nick-Youngson-Alpha-Stock-Images.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Notice-Marker-Hand-Nick-Youngson-Alpha-Stock-Images.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4887,"url":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/corruption-favouritism-and-racism-persist-in-the-public-procurement-process\/","url_meta":{"origin":21997,"position":5},"title":"Corruption, favouritism and racism persist in the public procurement process","author":"Michele Marius","date":"March 16, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Dear Editor, Despite the establishment of the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) in 2016, Guyana\u2019s procurement process is still infested with prejudice, inequality, unfairness, discrimination, nepotism and racism and, even worse, there is no proper mechanism to deal with appeals and complaints. 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