Chief Executive Officer of the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) Frederick Flatts has confirmed that the ongoing rehabilitation of two electric drainage pumps at Trafalgar, West Coast Berbice, was sole sourced and he said that recent severe flooding in the area forced the decision.
In July, the NDIA invited bids for the rehabilitation works, which were pegged at an estimated cost of $48.6 million, but it cancelled the invitation about two weeks after, fuelling suspicion among prospective bidders that the contract had been sole sourced.
