{"id":6590,"date":"2018-08-27T07:45:37","date_gmt":"2018-08-27T12:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/projectcalls.com\/?p=6590"},"modified":"2018-08-24T16:08:50","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T21:08:50","slug":"marshall-tendering-process-could-go-regional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/marshall-tendering-process-could-go-regional\/","title":{"rendered":"Marshall: Tendering process could go regional"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some of Government\u2019s procurement of goods and services could be tendered regionally.<\/p>\n<p>So said Attorney General Dale Marshall on Thursday as he indicated that Government was currently examining both public and regional procurement legislation.<\/p>\n<p>Marshall, who was speaking at a press conference at Government Headquarters, told the media when asked about transparency in government\u2019s tendering process that important decisions are to be made about it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGovernment is going to have to make a long decision about how we spend our money,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have less of it now than we did before and therefore getting the best value for our dollar will take on importance like no other time in our history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He stated that wherever possible there would be a tender process and it could involve regional partners.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationnews.com\/nationnews\/news\/184504\/marshall-tendering-process-regional\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Image:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebluediamondgallery.com\/handwriting\/p\/procurement.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Blue Diamond Gallery<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of Government\u2019s procurement of goods and services could be tendered regionally. So said Attorney General Dale Marshall on Thursday as he indicated that Government was currently examining both public&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":4791,"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":[129,125],"class_list":["post-6590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-newsdevelopments","tag-barbados","tag-public-procurement"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Procurement-in-handwriting-The-Blue-Diamond-Gallery.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6u9Qa-1Ii","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6392,"url":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/tendering-process-bypassed-by-last-government-marshall\/","url_meta":{"origin":6590,"position":0},"title":"TENDERING PROCESS BYPASSED BY LAST GOVERNMENT: MARSHALL","author":"Michele Marius","date":"August 2, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Several high priced projects executed under the last Government did not go to tender as was required. 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Piloting the debate on the promised and much anticipated Bill yesterday, Attorney General and\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\/08\/Barbados-Flag-sbj04769-Pixabay.jpg?fit=1024%2C662&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Barbados-Flag-sbj04769-Pixabay.jpg?fit=1024%2C662&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Barbados-Flag-sbj04769-Pixabay.jpg?fit=1024%2C662&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Barbados-Flag-sbj04769-Pixabay.jpg?fit=1024%2C662&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":21157,"url":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/govt-aiming-for-fully-electronic-procurement-system\/","url_meta":{"origin":6590,"position":1},"title":"Gov\u2019t aiming for fully electronic procurement system","author":"Mayra Bonilla Lopez","date":"March 10, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Guyana \u00a0 A number of upgrades are set for the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) for this year, according to Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh. 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