In a bid to source better quality equipment and improve the efficiency of electricity generation and distribution, the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) is reviewing its procurement policy, Chairman of Board Robert Badal has said.
“Remember, one of the teething problems within GPL was the procurement process. Sometimes everything had to go to open tender,” Badal told Stabroek News yesterday.
He pointed out that with the current system, sometimes there is an influx of items, which often results in loose inventory management.
The review of the procurement policy would see purchases on a quarterly rather than an annual basis, he said, while adding that the utility would instead give an annual commitment. He added that the new policy would result in the standardisation of the quality of items that are procured through the tendering process.