Procurement commission to probe claims of violations in Region Nine contract awards
The Public Procurement Commission (PPC) will investigate allegations of procurement violations in Region Nine and has asked Regional Democratic Council Chairman Bryan Allicock to provide supporting information for the allegations he has levelled.
“Yes, we will… we have asked him to send us all relevant information that will assist the investigation,” Chairman of the PPC Carol Corbin told Stabroek News yesterday when contacted.
Allicock, the opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic representative in Region Nine, had written to the PPC asking that it investigate the award of contracts in the region as he claimed over 40 contracts were awarded via “selective tendering.”
In a letter to the PPC, which was seen by Stabroek News, Allicock alleged that of “approximately 60 projects awarded… only 18 were advertised,” while the others were awarded by the Regional Tender Board via selective tendering.
He further charged that the contracts “were only awarded to supporters of the Coalition Government,” while other bona fide contractors were not considered.
“Information received from [a] reliable source [states] that most of these contractors who were considered under the selective tendering do not have valid compliances,” the letter states.
Allicock added that the Regional Democratic Council believed that the developments represented a total violation of the procurement legislation and as a result sought an urgent intervention.
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