The Public Procurement Commission plans to discuss the award of the controversial $865 million Belle Vue, West Bank Demerara, Pump Station contract which Member of Parliament David Patterson had written to it about, requesting that an investigation be launched, sources say.
“It is on the agenda to be discussed tomorrow,” a source told the Stabroek News yesterday.
Patterson is hoping that the discussions will lead to a decision for an investigation which will examine every aspect of the award, including how a company that did not meet the specified bidding criteria for experience won. Also, how it is that a contract with only one engineer’s estimate was split among three bidders for different projects. It was not immediately clear how three separate pump station awards could be made from one group of bids.