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$m contracts awarded via personal e-mail

CHAIRMAN of the Education Facilities Company Ltd (EFCL) Board Tenders Committee (BTC) Jeffery Francis used his personal e-mail address to direct that the scope of works be altered to facilitate contractors bidding for work.

Francis is also a director on the Arnold Piggott-led EFCL board.

This apparent conflict of interest saw two contractors — Trinsulate 2 Caribbean Ltd and Watts Electrical Contractors Company Ltd — being awarded millions of dollars in contracts despite scoring low in an evaluation report and not being on EFCL’s approved contractors list, respectively.

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