Major stationery company protests discrimination
Written by Denis Scott Chabrol Tuesday, 06 September 2011 15:01
A major stationery supplier on Tuesday picketed the Region Three (Essequibo Islands- West Demerara) headquarters, claiming that the region is doing little business with it but a spokesman denied there was skullduggery. Metro Office and Computer Supplies staged the protest at Vreed-en-Hoop-based Region Three offices, claiming discrimination in purchases.
“Metro will not give kickbacks,” “Whose hands are in Region 3’s coffers,” and “What must Metro do to get Region 3 business,” were among the slogans on the placards. Metro’s Chief Executive Officer, Taaj Jadunauth told Demerara Waves Online News (www.demwaves.com ) from the picket line that he had had at least four meetings with the Regional Chairman, Julius Faerber to discuss the company’s grievance.
Region Three spokesman, Jaideo Dudhnath told Demerara Waves that the administration has a transparent tender process but the Metro boss contended that he was not only referring to the supply of large quantities. “Not everything they purchase goes by bids. They buy items below a certain amount, not by bid process but by quotations,” he said. Dudhnath emphasized that the bidding process is transparently handled by an evaluation team that does not engage in any corrupt practice. “I would want to say there isn’t any such thing because the fact is that it’s an open bid, it’s a public bid. I want to suspect that those people are people of integrity,” he said.
The Metro Boss insisted that Region 3 has not been giving reasons why his company is not getting a huge chunk of business from the region. He noted that so far Region Three has purchased GUY$12,000 worth of goods. Jadunauth, noting that he employs 80 workers, expressed disappointment that central government appeared reluctant to address the issue in light of the fact that administrative regions account for 40 percent of government expenditure. “We have very strong reason to support our position that some suppliers have not been supplying the full quota of items that they would have gotten,” he added. Metro says it has raised its concerns with the Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon and Prime Minister, Samuel Hinds.
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Written by Denis Scott Chabrol Tuesday, 06 September 2011 15:01
A major stationery supplier on Tuesday picketed the Region Three (Essequibo Islands- West Demerara) headquarters, claiming that the region is doing little business with it but a spokesman denied there was skullduggery. Metro Office and Computer Supplies staged the protest at Vreed-en-Hoop-based Region Three offices, claiming discrimination in purchases.“Metro will not give kickbacks,” “Whose hands are in Region 3’s coffers,” and “What must Metro do to get Region 3 business,” were among the slogans on the placards. Metro’s Chief Executive Officer, Taaj Jadunauth told Demerara Waves Online News (www.demwaves.com ) from the picket line that he had had at least four meetings with the Regional Chairman, Julius Faerber to discuss the company’s grievance.
Region Three spokesman, Jaideo Dudhnath told Demerara Waves that the administration has a transparent tender process but the Metro boss contended that he was not only referring to the supply of large quantities. “Not everything they purchase goes by bids. They buy items below a certain amount, not by bid process but by quotations,” he said. Dudhnath emphasized that the bidding process is transparently handled by an evaluation team that does not engage in any corrupt practice. “I would want to say there isn’t any such thing because the fact is that it’s an open bid, it’s a public bid. I want to suspect that those people are people of integrity,” he said.
The Metro Boss insisted that Region 3 has not been giving reasons why his company is not getting a huge chunk of business from the region. He noted that so far Region Three has purchased GUY$12,000 worth of goods. Jadunauth, noting that he employs 80 workers, expressed disappointment that central government appeared reluctant to address the issue in light of the fact that administrative regions account for 40 percent of government expenditure. “We have very strong reason to support our position that some suppliers have not been supplying the full quota of items that they would have gotten,” he added. Metro says it has raised its concerns with the Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon and Prime Minister, Samuel Hinds.
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