Minister in the Ministry of Finance Juan Edghill yesterday said that the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) only this week received formal notification of Cabinet’s ‘no objection’ to the prequalification of the New GPC to supply drugs for the health sector and it will in turn be notifying the Ministry of Health.
“Tender Board has now received a copy—I think on Monday—and they will now write the Ministry of Health,” Edghill told Stabroek News yesterday.
The new development, a source at the NPTAB explained, will see the nullification of a protest and court filings by two companies that objected to the award and will now require them to restart these