Three in running to supply GPL pre-paid meters

ENERI’s scruffy package which caused controversy at Tuesday’s bid opening

Bids were received from three companies on Tuesday for the supply of prepaid meters for the Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL), after the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) defused potential controversy over the submissions by one of the firms in the running.

Concerns earlier in the morning about whether the external label for the tender was missing from one of the bids saw the Chairman of NPTAB Donald DeClou being called to settle the dispute between the bidder and officials at the bid opening,