{"id":6592,"date":"2018-08-24T15:58:16","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T20:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/projectcalls.com\/?p=6592"},"modified":"2018-08-24T15:58:16","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T20:58:16","slug":"minister-disappointed-by-turnout-at-contractors-seminar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/minister-disappointed-by-turnout-at-contractors-seminar\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister Disappointed By Turnout At Contractors Seminar"},"content":{"rendered":"

PUBLIC Works Minister Desmond Bannister was very disappointed over the poor turnout to a one-day seminar hosted by his ministry for local contractors in Grand Bahama.<\/p>\n

The seminar was held to bring contractors up to speed with the new procedures that are being introduced in the Ministry of Works, including its Pre-qualification process.<\/p>\n

Nobody should take for granted that they are going to get work from the Ministry of Public Works, Mr Bannister told those assembled at the Church of the Ascension Hall in Freeport. Getting a contract from the Government is not going to be an automatic thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

This is a very important seminar that the ministry has gone all the way to ensure it is successful, but we are not very impressed with the showing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Topics covered during the seminar included pre-qualification documents and assessment criteria, Construction Contractor\u2019s Act, contract pricing and payment procedures, project management and site safety and E-procurement.<\/p>\n

Minister Bannister stressed that many contractors do not use the services of a Quantity surveyor to calculate tender prices, and noted that such services would assist them tremendously.<\/p>\n

He also indicated that the Ministry in collaboration with the Department of Information Technology is in the process of update Contractor\u2019s Database, and the Tendering and payment certificate process.<\/p>\n

The minister stressed that updating their database is very important.<\/p>\n

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PUBLIC Works Minister Desmond Bannister was very disappointed over the poor turnout to a one-day seminar hosted by his ministry for local contractors in Grand Bahama. 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