{"id":2928,"date":"2017-08-17T09:31:51","date_gmt":"2017-08-17T14:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/projectcalls.com\/?p=2928"},"modified":"2017-09-20T10:32:30","modified_gmt":"2017-09-20T15:32:30","slug":"pm-there-was-a-bidding-process-for-bhs-2nd-cruise-pier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/pm-there-was-a-bidding-process-for-bhs-2nd-cruise-pier\/","title":{"rendered":"PM: There Was A Bidding Process For BHS, 2nd Cruise Pier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN): In response to the question if there was a bidding process for certain capital projects such as the new Basseterre High School, the second cruise pier and National Heroes Park, Prime Minister Dr. Timothy Harris said the government has followed all of the rules relating to procurement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith regard to the contracts for capital projects all the rules related to the procurement, have been followed by this administration and will always be followed by this administration. We have always, for the record, have tendering and invited more than one persons. Indeed the Financial Secretary and the Deputy Financial Secretary would say, we often ask for at least three tenders particularly if the capital project is of any magnitude and this is in the DNA of the government, that wherever public monies are to be spent we are assured that we are getting value for money and where persons are given contracts and they fail to perform those contracts would be aborted, that is the norm.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\u00a0The Prime Minister said a Committee comprised of competent persons from the private and public sectors is responsible for making recommendations as to who will be awarded government contracts.<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIn fact we have a committee that basically makes recommendations in relation to any work assignment, a committee comprising of persons from the private sector, persons from public works, persons from the office of the Prime Minister under whose remit that that matter basically falls and they relate to the relevant people in the Ministry of Finance, so everything is open book.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winnfm.com\/news\/local\/23156-pm-there-was-a-bidding-process-for-bhs-2nd-cruise-pier\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Image: \u00a0Pixabay<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN): In response to the question if there was a bidding process for certain capital projects such as the new Basseterre High School, the second cruise&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":2934,"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":[128,144,125,140],"class_list":["post-2928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-newsdevelopments","tag-bids","tag-marineshipping","tag-public-procurement","tag-saint-kitts-and-nevis"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/cruise-ship-cruiser-cruise-ship-Pixabay.jpeg?fit=1024%2C681&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6u9Qa-Le","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2991,"url":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/pm-harris-claims-fears-of-tendering-procedures-unfounded\/","url_meta":{"origin":2928,"position":0},"title":"PM Harris claims fears of tendering procedures unfounded","author":"Project Calls","date":"August 25, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The prime minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, the Honourable Dr. Timothy Harris, has indicated that all tender procedures have been followed regarding the construction of the new Basseterre High School (BHS), after some posed questions as to why overseas contractors were offered the job. 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