The National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) will be reconstituted, according to Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, who says that after years of sole sourcing the new government intends that the award of contracts will be done in a transparent process.
During a post-Cabinet press briefing yesterday, Harmon said the current board will have to go because “that is where the initial award of contracts are made… I am saying to you now that sole sourcing was pervasive in the (last) administration. From small things to big things sole sourcing took place.”
“We already have some proposals from the Minister of Finance for that tender board to be
