New GPC met criteria for $1.252B sole sourced contracts

Leslie Cadogan

Explaining the Auditor General’s finding that over $1.252 billion in contracts were awarded to pharmaceutical manufacturer New GPC using sole-sourcing rather than competitive bidding process in 2010, Permanent Secretary of the Health Ministry Leslie Cadogan yesterday said the company had met the specifications laid down in law.

He made this disclosure while appearing before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC),