An audit examination of a Ministry of Public Works (MoPW) contract to purchase three motion scales has disclosed that former Permanent Secretary Balraj Balram signed the contract which had no National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) number and was without any witnesses.
To date, the three motion-scales are yet to be in the Ministry’s possession, some four years after the contract was signed despite the supplier, NevPro Realization Limited of Jamaica agreeing to have it delivered within a 90-day period.
An audit done in 2017 revealed that as of September of that year, the scales were not delivered. However, it was found that two of the scales were on the wharf. The Ministry has since tried to engage the contractor with regard to the supply of the third scale and the submission of the relevant documents needed to clear the two already in Guyana. However, to date, there has been no response.