{"id":2691,"date":"2017-08-01T10:16:50","date_gmt":"2017-08-01T15:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/projectcalls.com\/?p=2691"},"modified":"2017-08-01T10:56:34","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T15:56:34","slug":"news-pay-hike-proposed-for-bids-evaluators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/news-pay-hike-proposed-for-bids-evaluators\/","title":{"rendered":"News Pay Hike Proposed for Bids Evaluators"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE National Procurement and Tendering Administration Board (NPTAB) evaluators are likely to receive a pay hike.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, the evaluators, who review bids ranging into the millions, are paid $3,000 per bid, but according to Board Chairman Berkley Wickham, this fee will soon be increased. However, he was unable to give specifics. \u201cI have spoken to the minister about it. It will be raised. I am sure it will be raised,\u201d Wickham assured reporters on Thursday on the sideline of an orientation for potential evaluators. The orientation was organised by the NPTAB, Ministry of Finance.<\/p>\n<p>However, he made it clear that becoming an evaluator should not be about the money. \u201cPeople can be influenced regardless of what they are paid. The money that is being paid, is not being paid to\u2026ascertain people\u2019s honesty, it is just to defray any expenses they may have,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The NPTAB Chairman added, \u201cIt is not based on how much you get, it is based on your integrity and your willingness to participate in something worthwhile.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, during the opening ceremony of the orientation, Wickham emphasised that the tenets of Guyana\u2019s public procurement system must be upheld, noting that the country\u2019s performance in this area has national and international implications.<\/p>\n<p>The key principles that govern the process of evaluation of tenders are: non-discrimination, equal treatment, transparency and confidentiality.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/guyanachronicle.com\/2017\/06\/22\/pay-hike-proposed-for-bids-evaluators\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Image: \u00a0ruurmo\u00a0(flickr)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE National Procurement and Tendering Administration Board (NPTAB) evaluators are likely to receive a pay hike. Currently, the evaluators, who review bids ranging into the millions, are paid $3,000 per&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":2765,"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":[112],"tags":[128,127,109,116],"class_list":["post-2691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-newsdevelopments","tag-bids","tag-evaluators","tag-fees","tag-guyana"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Money-hands-ruurmo-flickr-.jpg?fit=640%2C461&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6u9Qa-Hp","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2840,"url":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/evaluators-of-multi-million-dollar-tenders-to-get-more-than-gyd3000\/","url_meta":{"origin":2691,"position":0},"title":"Evaluators of multi-million dollar tenders to get more than GYD$3,000","author":"Michele Marius","date":"August 11, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Evaluators of multi-million dollar bids are likely to be paid more than GYD$3,000 per bid, even as government moves to hire more such personnel, Chairman of the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB), Berkley Wickham said. \u201cI have spoken to the Minister (of Finance) about it and we are\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\/2017\/08\/Cash-key-GotCredit-flickr.jpg?fit=1024%2C648&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Cash-key-GotCredit-flickr.jpg?fit=1024%2C648&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Cash-key-GotCredit-flickr.jpg?fit=1024%2C648&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Cash-key-GotCredit-flickr.jpg?fit=1024%2C648&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":18795,"url":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/tender-board-denies-making-call-to-retender-ndias-steel-sheets-contract-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":2691,"position":1},"title":"Tender board denies making call to retender NDIA\u2019s steel sheets contract","author":"Mayra Bonilla Lopez","date":"October 7, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Guyana The National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) yesterday distanced itself from a decision to retender a contract, as claimed by the Ministry of Agriculture, and its Board will meet next week to discuss the issue. An NPTAB official said that the Board will want to clarify its role,\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\/2021\/10\/pexels-andrea-piacquadio-3760067-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/pexels-andrea-piacquadio-3760067-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/pexels-andrea-piacquadio-3760067-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/pexels-andrea-piacquadio-3760067-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/pexels-andrea-piacquadio-3760067-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":24365,"url":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/nptabs-evaluation-is-unintelligible-and-far-from-being-fair\/","url_meta":{"origin":2691,"position":2},"title":"NPTAB\u2019s evaluation is unintelligible and far from being fair","author":"Mayra Bonilla Lopez","date":"September 29, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Guyana This letter follows up your editorial of Sept. 5 last, \u201cNPTAB response\u201d in relation to the tender for construction of North Ruimveldt Secondary School, and I wish to associate myself with your comment that NPTAB must be commended for the response as a move towards \u201cenlightened governance\u201d.\u00a0 However as\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\/2022\/09\/pexels-dids-5499557-scaled-e1664470780222.jpg?fit=1024%2C616&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/pexels-dids-5499557-scaled-e1664470780222.jpg?fit=1024%2C616&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/pexels-dids-5499557-scaled-e1664470780222.jpg?fit=1024%2C616&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/pexels-dids-5499557-scaled-e1664470780222.jpg?fit=1024%2C616&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":36654,"url":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/nptab-says-working-to-address-criticisms-by-procurement-commission\/","url_meta":{"origin":2691,"position":3},"title":"NPTAB says working to address criticisms by procurement commission","author":"Mayra Bonilla Lopez","date":"October 10, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Guyana Chairman of the NPTAB, Tarachand Balgobind said on Wednesday that he has acknowledged the criticisms of the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) in its summary of findings regarding the tender board\u2019s timely submission of documents and is working to acquire a robust \u201celectronic records\u201d management system. 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