{"id":36667,"date":"2024-10-10T23:06:46","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T04:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev?p=36667"},"modified":"2024-10-10T21:40:39","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T02:40:39","slug":"guyana-news-ppc-rejected-complaint-over-contract-for-fort-wellington-school-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/guyana-news-ppc-rejected-complaint-over-contract-for-fort-wellington-school-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"Guyana News PPC rejected complaint over contract for Fort Wellington school extension"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guyana<\/p>\n

The Public Procurement Commission (PPC) last December rejected a complaint by a bidder over the award of a project for the extension of the Fort Wellington Secondary School but the procuring entity, the Ministry of Local Government never provided any of the requested information for the investigation.<\/p>\n

Bickram Motiram trading as Motiram Construction wrote a letter of complaint dated September 1, 2003 which was received by the PPC on September 6, 2003.<\/p>\n

According to the PPC\u2019s Summary of Findings dated December 29, 2023, Motiram alleged that at the tender opening, his bid was the lowest and that he had fulfilled all administrative requirements. He further submitted that he was \u201ca well\u00ad rounded and seasoned contractor with vast experience and resources which were all demonstrated and attached with [his] bid document.\u201d<\/p>\n

Motiram further acknowledged in the letter that he was cognizant\u00a0 that the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB)\u00a0 does not always award the lowest bidder but expressed frustration that his bid was overlooked\u00a0 for a higher bid and requested the reasons\u00a0 for this.<\/p>\n

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The commission said it\u00a0 reviewed the tender proceedings to determine\u00a0 whether there was any irregularity in the award of the\u00a0\u00a0 tender.<\/p>\n

In accordance with Article 212DD of the constitution, the commission on September 13, 2023, requested that the NPTAB submit to the commission within five days \u2013<\/p>\n

i.\u00a0\u00a0 a copy of the record of the tender proceedings, including the Evaluation\u00a0\u00a0 Report;<\/p>\n

ii.\u00a0\u00a0 confirmation as to whether the tender was awarded and if so, the date of publication on NPTAB\u2019s website in accordance with S. 11 of the Procure-ment Act. If awarded but not published, the reason for not so doing;<\/p>\n

iii.\u00a0\u00a0 whether a copy of the Evaluation Report had been sent to the procuring entity for compliance\u00a0 with S. 39(3) of the\u00a0 Procurement\u00a0 Act, Cap. 73:05.<\/p>\n

The Ministry of Local Government & Regional Development was similarly asked to submit-<\/p>\n

i.\u00a0 a copy of the tender proceedings and Evaluation Report. If not in the possession of the procuring entity, why not.<\/p>\n

ii.\u00a0 whether the procuring entity\u00a0 complied with S. 39(3) of the\u00a0 Pro-curement\u00a0 Act, Cap. 73:05, and it not, why\u00a0 not;\\<\/p>\n

iii.\u00a0\u00a0 confirmation as to whether the tender has been\u00a0\u00a0 awarded;<\/p>\n

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iv.\u00a0 if the tender has been awarded, confirmation as to whether the contract had been entered into and if so, a copy thereof;<\/p>\n

v.\u00a0\u00a0 if the contract had been entered into, confirmation of whether the tender award decision was published\u00a0 on NPTAB\u2019s\u00a0 website prior to entry into the\u00a0 contract;<\/p>\n

vi.\u00a0\u00a0 confirmation\u00a0 as to whether any work had commenced on the subject\u00a0\u00a0 tender.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe commission did not receive a response from the procuring entity whether within the requested timeline or\u00a0 at all\u201d, the PPC said. In previous investigations, the PPC has complained about receiving incomplete information\u00a0 or receiving a response very late. In this case nothing came from the ministry<\/p>\n

On or about November 10, 2023, almost two months after the commission\u2019s request, the PPC said that it\u00a0 received a copy of the tender proceedings including the Evaluation Report from NPTAB. The commission did not receive a response from NPTAB to the other requests.<\/p>\n

In its examination, the PPC said that the bids for the tender were opened at the office of the NPTAB on June 27, 2023. Twenty\u00adthree\u00a0 bids were received of which five\u00a0 were deemed responsive. The Engineer\u2019s Estimate was given as $23,209,723 and the contract was awarded to Safraz Construction & Supplies which was deemed the lowest evaluated tenderer at $20,416,000.<\/p>\n

While\u00a0 Motiram\u2019s bid was the lowest submitted at $19,386,930, the PPC said that the Report of the Evaluation Committee disclosed that the bid was deemed non-responsive for not being compliant with\u00a0 two of the seventeen evaluation criteria:<\/p>\n

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