More than six months after a complaint was lodged by APNU+AFC MP David Patterson about a pump station contract award to Tepui Inc, the procurement commission found major breaches in the evaluation process but said it can do nothing about it as a contract has already been concluded.
The Public Procurement Commission (PPC) yesterday issued a summary of findings since Patterson was not an aggrieved party and only entitled to recommendations on the way forward.
The PPC said “…on the entry into a contract, privity of contract issues arise. There is nothing within the statutory framework which permits the commission to revoke, rescind, recall and or in any way alter, suspend or stop the contract once entered”.