An online portal for the publishing of all awards of government contracts is currently being set up by the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB), as complaints continue over the secrecy of awards.
“It is an issue that came to me and I raised this issue as well that we are required to publish the awards as mandated by law,” Minister with responsibility for Finance Dr Ashni Singh told the Stabroek News, when contacted on the issue.
“For whatever reason they have not been publishing as is required. I raised this with the NPTAB Board and my position is that they must comply. It is to this end that they are currently working on an online portal to have this addressed. They will publish all things required by the Procurement Act,” Singh added.
