Deputy Mayor Sherod Duncan says the call by former Auditor-General Anand Goolsarran for City Hall to rescind the contentious contract for the installation and operation of parking meters in Georgetown should be heeded immediately.
“Mr. Goolsarran’s standing on such matters is unquestionable and his advice should be heeded by the proponents of the contract at City Hall post-haste,” Duncan told Stabroek News yesterday in an invited comment.
Goolsarran, in his Accountability Watch column published in Monday’s Stabroek News, pointed out that that procurement laws were not followed in the signing of the deal between the city and National Parking Systems (NPS)/Smart City Solutions (SCS). He cited Section 231 of the Municipal and District Councils Act, which states that before entering into any contract for the execution of any work or the supply of any goods to the value of $250,000, or more, a council is required to give notice of such proposed contract and “shall by such notice invite any person willing to undertake the same to submit a sealed tender thereof to the council….”
