Questions have been raised about how evaluators recommended Alternative Contracting Enterprise for a $42.2 million contract to build the base for the proposed Palmyra, Berbice Indian Arrival Monument, which recently collapsed.
The Ministry of Education, which was the procuring entity for the contract, has remained silent.
The structure, which was supposed to be the base for a US$150,000 bronze sculpture, gifted by the Government of India and which commemorates Indian Immigration here, suddenly collapsed in the last week in April during construction. It was supposed to have been completed in time for last Friday’s Indian Arrival Day celebrations. This newspaper understands
