Contractors to face penalties for delayed work

A section of the Kato Secondary School which is under construction in Region Eight (GINA photo/Nov 2014)

In the wake of underbidding by contractors to ensure that they win contracts, following which they would apply for increases amounting to millions of dollars, government yesterday said that new tender guidelines will be created that will see penalties for works delivered late.

“Some persons deliberately bid low and the contracts were awarded to the lowest bidder, knowing fully well that they