Gov’t to restart process to procure waste recycling facility

Following the scrapping last Tuesday of a Memo-randum of Understanding (MOU) signed between Natural Globe Guyana Inc and the Ministry of Local Government on November 11, government is to restart the procurement process for a waste management and recycling facility, but not through the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board.

This is according to a source who said that the Ministry of Local Govern-ment and Regional Deve-lopment will be the procuring agency in spite of the recent brouhaha over the signing of the MOU without proper due diligence being done.

According to a source within the government, there was a paucity of information on the company Natural Globe Guyana Inc prior to the signing of the MOU. It was subsequently revealed that the company’s extent of waste management expertise amounted to the setting up of a prototype only. The source said this shortcoming was