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Procurement irregularities due to urgent need for new bridge – Govt. claims
Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson
The Ministry of Public Infrastructure yesterday responded to media reports that detail procurement breaches in the award of contract to a Dutch company that conducted a feasibility study for a new Demerara River Bridge.
At no time in the press release did the Ministry mention the report from the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) which investigated the circumstances surrounding the award of the contract.
Instead, MPI said that it rejects and strongly condemns the misinformation campaign by the Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo and what amounts to unwarranted attacks on the integrity of dedicated public servants.
The deal signed in December 2016 between the Demerara Harbour Bridge Company (DHBC) and LievenseCSO Engineering Contracting BV is now at the centre of corruption claims. The PPC noted that the reference tender was for $148M.
The PPC in its investigation found that the Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson’s request to Cabinet for approval of the contract was not forwarded through the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB).
Based on the PPC report, the submission by Patterson, directly to Cabinet, was in breach of the Procurement Act.
The PPC found that the procurement procedure used to select the company did not meet the requirement of any of the methods described in the Procurement Act.
Additionally, the PPC probe highlighted that the General Manager of the DHBC, Rawlston Adams signed the agreement without the approval of the DHBC Board.
The Infrastructure Ministry’s release did not address this finding.
The Ministry stated that prior to receiving the proposal from LievenseCSO, a lengthy procurement process ‘was faithfully followed which did not yield suitable results’.
