A special investigation by the Auditor General’s office on procurement procedures within the Region Six, East Berbice-Corentyne Regional Democratic Council revealed that the Region’s engineer during 2018 utilised information from a bidding contractor to prepare the Engineer’s Estimate.
The revelation was made when the regional accounting arm appeared before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Monday during the scrutiny of the Auditor General’s 2017 and 2018 reports.
During questioning of the regional officials, it was discovered that the region awarded eight contracts to Associated Construction Inc and all carried a bid price which was identical to the Engineer’s Estimate.
