No procurement commission for over a year but billions in contracts awarded

Juan Edghill

It is now one year since the country has been without a Public Procurement Com-mission (PPC) but that hasn’t stopped the handing out of billions of dollars in contracts and the former Chairman of the body is deeply worried that crucial reform work done could be at risk.

The life of the five-member commission ended last year October and it is unclear if any bid pro-tests were made to procuring entities for this year.