{"id":6604,"date":"2018-08-27T08:45:52","date_gmt":"2018-08-27T13:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/projectcalls.com\/?p=6604"},"modified":"2018-08-24T16:29:59","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T21:29:59","slug":"police-considering-ppps-complaint-about-award-of-new-demerara-bridge-feasibility-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/police-considering-ppps-complaint-about-award-of-new-demerara-bridge-feasibility-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Police considering PPP\u2019s complaint about award of new Demerara Bridge feasibility study"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Guyana Police Force\u2019s Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) is considering the opposition People\u2019s Progressive Party\u2019s (PPP\u2019s) request for a probe into Cabinet\u2019s award of a contract to a Netherlands-headquartered company to conduct a feasibility study for a new Demerara Harbour Bridge.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe matter is now engaging the attention of the Guyana Police Force,\u201d Head of SOCU, Special Assistant Police Commissioner, Sydney James told Opposition Chief Whip, Gail Teixeira. He also told her that her that Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan; Commissioner of Police, David Ramnarine and the Police Legal Advisor, Retired Justice Claudette Singh have been informed of her complaint.<\/p>\n

The PPP alleges that Cabinet and Public Infrastructure Minister David Patterson violated the Public Procurement Act by warding a GY$148 million contract to LievenseCSO Engineering Contracting BV\u00a0 to conduct a feasibility study and design for the new Demerara Harbour Bridge because the law does not allow either party to unilaterally award contracts for goods and services without seeking the approval of the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB).<\/p>\n

James told Teixeira that SOCU received her correspondence dated August 15, 2018 and \u201csupporting documents\u201d \u201cfor an investigation\u201d by that law enforcement unit of the police force.<\/p>\n

Teixeira has asked SOCU to consider the report\u00a0 by the Public Procurement Commission, which includes findings and recommendations, to conduct a \u201ccomprehensive investigation\u201d \u201cwith a view to instituting criminal charges against the Minister of Public Infrastructure.<\/p>\n

\u201cDue to the seriousness of their findings and the gross violations of the Procurement Act, with particular reference to the role of the Minister of Public Infrastructure in violating the Procurement Act and the most recent Code of Conduct as outlined in the Integrity Commission, Act, I hereby call on the S.O. C.U. to take action as required under the law,\u201d she told SOCU in her August 15, letter.<\/p>\n

The Public Procurement Commission has deemed the award of the contract to\u00a0LievenseCSO Engineering Contracting BV illegal because it was not forwarded to the NPTAB for approval and that the General Manager of the Demerara Harbour Bridge Company, Rawlston Adams inked the agreement without the approval of that company\u2019s board.<\/p>\n

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The Guyana Police Force\u2019s Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) is considering the opposition People\u2019s Progressive Party\u2019s (PPP\u2019s) request for a probe into Cabinet\u2019s award of a contract to a Netherlands-headquartered…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":3652,"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":[157,116,185],"class_list":["post-6604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-newsdevelopments","tag-anti-corruption","tag-guyana","tag-infrastructure"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Demerara_Harbor_Bridge-Wikipedia.jpeg?fit=1280%2C960&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6u9Qa-1Iw","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7753,"url":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/patterson-denies-edghills-accusation-of-unaccounted-gyd79-m-for-demerara-bridge-feasibility-study-accuses-ppp-of-executing-projects-without-studies\/","url_meta":{"origin":6604,"position":0},"title":"Patterson denies Edghill\u2019s accusation of unaccounted GYD$79 M for Demerara Bridge feasibility study; 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