AFC calls for gov’t nominees on PPC to step down over Tepui decision

Khemraj Ramjattan

-wants restructuring of NPTAB

The Alliance For Change (AFC) on Friday called for the resignation of the government nominees on the procurement commission over their failure to sanction a pump station contract to Tepui Inc and it also called for a restructuring of  the national tender board.

The award of the Belle Vue pump station contract to Tepui Inc despite the fact that it had no construction experience with such a project has led to denunciations and the decision of the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) on Tuesday not to take decisive action to end the contract has raised serious concerns.

In its defence, the PPC in its Summary of Findings  said that it has no powers to terminate a contract that has already been concluded.