{"id":4044,"date":"2018-01-11T08:10:38","date_gmt":"2018-01-11T13:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/projectcalls.com\/?p=4044"},"modified":"2018-01-09T19:13:29","modified_gmt":"2018-01-10T00:13:29","slug":"small-contractors-closer-to-tapping-20-percent-of-govt-contracts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/small-contractors-closer-to-tapping-20-percent-of-govt-contracts\/","title":{"rendered":"Small contractors closer to tapping 20 percent of gov\u2019t contracts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article-body\">\n<p>Government\u2019s promise of small contractors accessing at least 20 percent of all state contracts may be one step closer to fulfillment as the Ministry of Business prepares to roll out a pilot of the project next month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNext year is the year for the small business programme,\u201d Minister of Business, Dominic Gaskin told\u00a0<em>Stabroek News<\/em>\u00a0recently. The Ministry of Business, through its Small Business Bureau, is charged with formulating a plan that would see this government initiative implemented.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are doing it and I am a lot more satisfied now than a year ago, because then we were still waiting for it to be put into action and now that is being done,\u201d Gaskin stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stabroeknews.com\/2017\/news\/stories\/12\/26\/small-contractors-closer-to-tapping-20-percent-of-govt-contracts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"subscribe-fadeout\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"in-article\">\n<div class=\"in-article-wrapper\"><em>Image\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Pixabay(Pexels)<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n<nav class=\"next-article\"><i class=\"fa fa-angle-double-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/nav>\n<div class=\"subscribe-box\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Government\u2019s promise of small contractors accessing at least 20 percent of all state contracts may be one step closer to fulfillment as the Ministry of Business prepares to roll out&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":3042,"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":[173,116,125],"class_list":["post-4044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-newsdevelopments","tag-contracts","tag-guyana","tag-public-procurement"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/document-agreement-documents-sign-Pixabay-Pexels.jpeg?fit=1280%2C851&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6u9Qa-13e","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7754,"url":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/govt-quota-for-small-contractors-a-no-go-without-change-to-law\/","url_meta":{"origin":4044,"position":0},"title":"Gov\u2019t quota for small contractors a no-go without change to law","author":"Michele Marius","date":"December 26, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"While government is moving to ensure 20% of all contracts go to small contractors from January 1st, 2019, Public Procurement Commission (PPC) Chairperson Carol Corbin says that it will need to change the procurement law to do so. \u201cIt is in the Small Business Act but not in the Procurement\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\/2018\/12\/Small-business-scrabble-tiles-calculator-dollar-money-Investment-Zen-flickr-.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Small-business-scrabble-tiles-calculator-dollar-money-Investment-Zen-flickr-.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Small-business-scrabble-tiles-calculator-dollar-money-Investment-Zen-flickr-.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Small-business-scrabble-tiles-calculator-dollar-money-Investment-Zen-flickr-.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":11317,"url":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/high-court-rules-in-favour-of-govt-on-garbage-collection-contracts\/","url_meta":{"origin":4044,"position":1},"title":"High Court rules in favour of Gov&#8217;t on garbage collection contracts","author":"Michele Marius","date":"December 4, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"In a landmark judgment delivered on Wednesday, the High Court has upheld the Government\u2019s policy that requires small and medium contractors to tender for garbage collection contracts, in keeping with the local government reform ideals. 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