As I was about to prepare this article, two news items caught my eyes. The first relates to the announcement that the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) has since received notification of Cabinet’s no objection for the New GPC to be the sole pre-qualifier for the Government’s pharmaceutical requirements. The second item relates to the termination of the contract for the design and construction of the Specialty Hospital and the filing of a Court action for the recovery of amounts paid to the contractor.
Recapitulation of Last Week’s Article
The Inter-American Convention against Corruption (IACAC) and the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) emphasise the importance of having in place effective systems for public procurement based on “openness, equity and efficiency” (IACAC) and “transparency, competition and objective criteria in decision-making that are effective, inter alia, in preventing corruption” (UNCAC). These overarching principles have been reinforced by the Guyana Constitution which provides for the establishment of the
