The National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) has stated that the evaluation process for the Schoonord to Crane Road was done in full compliance of the Procurement Act, but Alliance for Change Leader Nigel Hughes is calling for the release of it and the reports.
However, NPTAB sources said that Hughes, being an attorney, should know that the release of the bidders’ information could not be made public and that there was a process in place for aggrieved bidders.
“We are reassured about NPTAB’s stated commitment to “ensuring an open, fair, competitive, and transparent public procurement process,” Hughes said in a letter to the editor. “Consequently, in keeping with this commitment, we request that NPTAB releases the following: the full Evaluation Criteria used to evaluate tender submissions and the Evaluation Reports for the eight lots.”