{"id":5218,"date":"2018-04-18T16:48:49","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T21:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/projectcalls.com\/?p=5218"},"modified":"2018-04-19T08:01:01","modified_gmt":"2018-04-19T13:01:01","slug":"education-ministry-breached-procurement-procedures-for-security-service-tender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/education-ministry-breached-procurement-procedures-for-security-service-tender\/","title":{"rendered":"Education ministry breached procurement procedures for security service tender"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear Editor,<\/p>\n

I was most appalled to read a letter written by Mr Julius Williams published in the Guyana Chronicle on April 14, under the headline \u2018Education Ministry should re-tender those bids\u2019.<\/p>\n

Williams\u2019s letter exposed the flagrant breach of proper procurement procedures by the Ministry of Education in the handling of tenders for security services. An obscure security firm with no track record in the business won the contract, while upstanding security firms were sidelined. How does the ministry explain that other bidders were omitted from the process? How come only Neville Spence and Inter Service Enterprise Security attended the bid opening, much to the surprise of other security company representatives who only discovered that there was another open competitive bidding when they went to witness the opening of sealed bids for the provision of security services for the Dependents Pension Fund?<\/p>\n

RK\u2019s Security Services was one of the security firms that discovered this irregularity at that same time. What justification can the ministry come up with to explain what happened? Was this intended to deprive bidders of the opportunity to get the contract? Did someone benefit from inside information about this tender?<\/p>\n

RK\u2019s Security has had its share of experience with the Ministry of Education. In 2017, we successfully bid for a contract with that ministry and, after being told we were successful, spent huge sums of money preparing to fulfil our responsibilities. We engaged and recruited security officers, bought uniforms, provided quality training and obtained a performance bond. But after all our expenditure, we were told that the contract had been terminated for \u2018convenience\u2019 with just a few hours\u2019 notice given before we were to commence. Utter and gross disrespect! This matter is now before the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

I am inviting all the other security companies affected to contact me so that we can organise a class action lawsuit against the Ministry of Education and the Government of Guyana. I have a feeling that if we band together and present a\u00a0united front we can win this case. Think of how interesting it would be to\u00a0get the ministry\u2019s Permanent Secretary, Mr Vibert Welch in the witness box.<\/p>\n

\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

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Image:\u00a0\u00a0Bryan McDonald<\/a> (flickr)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dear Editor, I was most appalled to read a letter written by Mr Julius Williams published in the Guyana Chronicle on April 14, under the headline \u2018Education Ministry should 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