https://www.facebook.com/honsh...osts/301903148381642
Upon investigation of MP Shurwayne Holder post (link above) the following found.
REO halts signing of $573M school project awarded on Dec. 31st
Region Two’s Regional Executive Officer, Denis Jaikaran, has written to the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) seeking guidance, after he received a complaint from attorney-at-law Glenn Hanoman on behalf of a contractor, Builders Hardware General Supplies and Construction.
The REO’s refusal to sign after he was served a letter of complaint from Hanoman, came days after the Auditor General warned REOs and Permanent Secretaries of last-minute contract signings for 2019.
According to documents seen on December 30, Executive Director of Builders Hardware, Rakesh Samaroo, wrote the Public Procurement Commission (PPC), which regulates state contracts, complaining over the tenders for the construction of Abram Zuil Secondary School, in Region Two.
The contract for $573,226,990 was awarded on December 31, last, by NPTAB to S&K Construction and Consultancy Service and General Supplies.
Meanwhile, Hanoman in his letter to the NPTAB said that Builders Hardware was convinced that there were questionable actions from the board with a number of irregularities relating to the tender.
“Our client has been informed that the primary reason his bid was rejected was that the Line of Credit of $180M submitted along with the bid did not state that it represented 30% of the bid price.
“The bid price submitted by our client was $392,099,340- as such, the bank’s Line of Credit clearly covers in excess of 45% of the bid amount. Moreover, none of the standard bidding documents supplied by the procurement entity in relation to this project required a statement that 30% of the bid price was to be covered.”
There is also a bid document Reference Number 02/2021/72, Builders Hardware General Supplies and Construction bid for the amount of $465,000,000 to build the Abram Zuil Secondary School, in Region Two.
https://www.npta.gov.gy/wp-con...ds/April-22-2021.pdf
July 15 ,2021
Sod turned for the construction of a new $585M Abrams Zuil Secondary School
Yesterday, the Minister of Education Priya Manickchand, Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Nigel Dharamlall, and Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat turned the sod signifying the beginning of the construction of a new Abrams Zuil Secondary School in Region Two.
Minister Manickchand said that over the last five years the school had reached a state where it required heavy maintenance work but nothing was done causing more than 500 children to suffer. She said the new school is a multi-year project and is scheduled to be completed next year for $585M.
The contract was awarded to Builders Hardware and General Supplies.
Is this corruption by the Ministry of Education ?
