Government has come in for criticism for bypassing the public tendering process in its selection of Indian company Fedders Lloyd to resume construction of the controversial specialty hospital.
“Bottom line is it should go back to tender,” President of Transparency Institute of Guyana Inc (TIGI) Calvin Bernard told Stabroek News yesterday.
Citing time constraints as a main reason for its choice, government on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Fedders Lloyd to restart the construction of the hospital, using the remainder of a US$18M line of credit that had been granted by the government of India for the project.
Stabroek News understands that the remaining sum totals US$13.6M.
“In the interest of time, Government approached Fedders Lloyd – one of the original bidders – to explore the possibility of them completing the project.
