Contracts for the procurement of medical consumables worth around $178m have been cleared for a number of suppliers including New GPC.
Under the PPP/C government, New GPC had been the only company prequalified for medical supplies to the public health system. The APNU+AFC administration had vowed to roll this back and though it has not spelt out how this is being done it was notable at yesterday’s post-Cabinet press briefing that other suppliers including at least one that had challenged the New GPC monopoly are also among the contracts.
Minister of Governance Raphael Trotman announced that contracts were cleared to Global Health Services Limited in the
