After an inspection of Region Three’s contract awards raised questions about whether value for money was being sought, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) yesterday requested that an examination be conducted of the engineer’s estimates for 22 projects awarded in 2016.
Denis Jaikarran, Regional Executive Officer (REO) as well as Chairman of the Regional Tender Board, was made to answer for the Board’s failure to follow recommendations made by the region’s Evaluation Committee in relation to the bid process, when he appeared before the PAC at the Public Buildings yesterday.
The REO told the PAC that the Board did not choose the lowest responsive bids in those cases as they had made considerations of the engineer’s estimates, as well as the geography of the area.
