{"id":33773,"date":"2024-04-18T23:35:17","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T04:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev?p=33773"},"modified":"2024-04-18T18:08:05","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T23:08:05","slug":"health-ministry-defends-emergency-crh-contract-bypass-of-competitive-process-late-ppc-engagement-raise-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/health-ministry-defends-emergency-crh-contract-bypass-of-competitive-process-late-ppc-engagement-raise-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Health ministry defends emergency CRH contract; bypass of competitive process, late PPC engagement raise concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jamaica<\/p>\n<div id=\"quicktabs-article_image_video\" class=\"quicktabs-wrapper quicktabs-style-nostyle quicktabs-novideo\">\n<div id=\"quicktabs-container-article_image_video\" class=\"quicktabs_main quicktabs-style-nostyle\">\n<div id=\"quicktabs-tabpage-article_image_video-0\" class=\"quicktabs-tabpage \">\n<div id=\"block-views-article-content-block-3\" class=\"block block-views block-article-content-block-3 block-views-article-content-block-3 odd block-without-title\">\n<div class=\"block-inner clearfix\">\n<div class=\"content clearfix\">\n<div class=\"view view-article-content view-id-article_content view-display-id-block_3 view-dom-id-1efce8306bc73e0f6f8e307a3908d06f\">\n<div class=\"view-content\">\n<div class=\"skin-default\">\n<div id=\"views_slideshow_cycle_main_article_content-block_3_1\" class=\"views_slideshow_cycle_main views_slideshow_main\">\n<div id=\"views_slideshow_cycle_teaser_section_article_content-block_3_1\" class=\"views-slideshow-cycle-main-frame views_slideshow_cycle_teaser_section\">\n<div id=\"views_slideshow_cycle_div_article_content-block_3_1_0\" class=\"views-slideshow-cycle-main-frame-row views_slideshow_cycle_slide views_slideshow_slide views-row-1 views-row-first views-row-odd\" aria-labelledby=\"views_slideshow_pager_field_item_bottom_article_content-block_3_1_0\">\n<div class=\"views-slideshow-cycle-main-frame-row-item views-row views-row-0 views-row-odd views-row-first\">\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-field-caption\">\n<div class=\"field-content\">Raymond McIntyre, chairman of the Public Procurement Commission, recused himself from deliberations involving the ZDA contract issues, the commission said.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<div class=\"article-content \">\n<p>The Cabinet last year approved a $15-billion emergency contract to a Chinese firm for the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) rehabilitation project despite Jamaica\u2019s chief procurement agency saying the health ministry led an \u201cirregular\u201d process.<\/p>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed ap_container\">But the ministry has strongly rejected the Public Procurement Commission\u2019s (PPC) assertion, insisting that the contract to ZDA Construction Limited was awarded in accordance with the country\u2019s procurement laws and guidelines.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>The concerns link the ministry allegedly bypassing the PPC to get Cabinet\u2019s approval to enter into direct contracting. That method meant that the multibillion-dollar contract was not subject to a competitive process.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>There are also questions of why the ministry later asked the PPC for its endorsement on a process already approved by the Cabinet, and why the Cabinet did not get the PPC\u2019s position first, as it did in many previous cases.<\/p>\n<p>It is the latest development in the saga of the restoration of the primary healthcare facility in western Jamaica. It started in 2016 with concerns about noxious fumes, followed by the relocation of services, shifting deadlines, ballooning budgets, and problems with contractors.<\/p>\n<div class=\"block-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jamaica-gleaner.com\/article\/lead-stories\/20240128\/irregular\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em>Image: medical-appointment<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamaica Raymond McIntyre, chairman of the Public Procurement Commission, recused himself from deliberations involving the ZDA contract issues, the commission said. 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