-says contractors have no confidence in it based on handling of complaints
APNU+AFC Parliamentarian, David Patterson has expressed concern over the silence and seeming sloth by the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) given that there have been many reports on questionable contracts and even the ongoing scandal in the Guyana Police Force on purchases.
“The fact that there are scores of substandard works by contractors across Guyana and the Commission has not initiated any investigation under its broad function to monitor …these projects as the oversight body in the procurement system is concerning,” Patterson lamented to the Sunday Stabroek.
He pointed to the Belle Vue Pump Station contract that saw $160.8 million paid to the Tepui firm headed by Mikhail Rodrigues known as ‘Guyanese Critic’, as an example with no works being done according to the 2023 Auditor General’s report.