Tender Board mandated to memo agencies on duty to inform bidders

Ansa McAL CEO Beverly Harper posing a question.

The National Procurement and Tender Administration (NPTAB) was yesterday instructed to issue memos to government ministries to ensure they abide by the law and inform both successful and unsuccessful bidders of the award of contracts.

“He [Chairman of NPTAB Donald Declou] will send out a circular as a result of today’s conference. I have instructed him to do that, reminding all procuring entities of this obligation under the Procurement Act… I want to maintain my modesty, but if it ain’t happen you will see the action,” Minister within the Ministry of Finance Juan Edghill said yesterday.

He was at the time responding to a question posed by Stabroek News on the actions government and the NPTAB intend to take in