News Pay Hike Proposed for Bids Evaluators
THE National Procurement and Tendering Administration Board (NPTAB) evaluators are likely to receive a pay hike.
Currently, the evaluators, who review bids ranging into the millions, are paid $3,000 per bid, but according to Board Chairman Berkley Wickham, this fee will soon be increased. However, he was unable to give specifics. “I have spoken to the minister about it. It will be raised. I am sure it will be raised,” Wickham assured reporters on Thursday on the sideline of an orientation for potential evaluators. The orientation was organised by the NPTAB, Ministry of Finance.
However, he made it clear that becoming an evaluator should not be about the money. “People can be influenced regardless of what they are paid. The money that is being paid, is not being paid to…ascertain people’s honesty, it is just to defray any expenses they may have,” he said.
The NPTAB Chairman added, “It is not based on how much you get, it is based on your integrity and your willingness to participate in something worthwhile.”
Meanwhile, during the opening ceremony of the orientation, Wickham emphasised that the tenets of Guyana’s public procurement system must be upheld, noting that the country’s performance in this area has national and international implications.
The key principles that govern the process of evaluation of tenders are: non-discrimination, equal treatment, transparency and confidentiality.
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