Former Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson, yesterday said that the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) was made aware of Kares Engineering failing to honour its contractual obligation since 2015 and questioned the decision to award the $566.9 million contract for the rebuilding of the North Ruimveldt Secondary School to the company.
Since the signing of the contract on August 24, there have been criticisms over the decision to award Kares Engineering the project given its disastrous history with the Kato Secondary School. NPTAB has since justified the award of the contract stating that Kares’ bid was the lowest responsive one.
