Laptop retender sees call for ‘transparent’ evaluation

President of Giftland OfficeMax Roy Beepat says that the information which informed Cabinet’s decision to retender for the supply of computers for the One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) project was flawed and has called for greater scrutiny and clearer guidelines for the transparent evaluation of the new bids.

“The information supplied to Cabinet to make its decision on the first laptop tender was flawed; we earnestly hope that greater scrutiny and clearer guidelines for the transparent evaluation of this important award is given for this project for which it so  truly deserves,” Beepat said in a release yesterday.

Giftland OfficeMax, Digital Technology and CCS Guyana Ltd were the three companies which originally bid to supply the instruments for the OLPF. However, a few