Dear Editor,
Guyanese need to know if this Sussex Street, Georgetown, drug bond was in the 2016 budget. The Honourable Minister George Norton must explain if it was in the capital profile. Hence, if it was in the budget, was there a request for a change of programme?
Taxpayers need to know if there was an engineer’s estimate and who prepared the engineer’s estimate for the Ministry of Health. Further, we need to see the bid document. We need to know who the consultant to oversee the project is.
Was there the necessary advertisement? Who was present at the opening of the tenders? And where are the minutes of the tender opening? Can we see the list of tenders? Were the NIS and IRD compliances provided and in whose name?
Taxpayers need to know the names of the evaluation team and the coordinator of the evaluation team. We must know who signed off on the evaluation report. The public needs to know where the minutes of the evaluation report are. As a consequence we need to know who awarded the contract and to whom the contract was awarded to.
We would like to know if there was a Bid security and the expiry date of the Bid security. Was there a Bid Bond? And what was the expiry date of the Bid Bond? What was the Mobilisation Advance? Further, we need to know the amount of money that was allocated for the Advance. Was there a security for the Mobilisation Advance? We need to know the expiry date of the Mobilization Advance and how the Advance will be recovered.
Was an award letter issued and signed by the accounting officer? Finally when was the contract signed in accordance with the Bid document?
It is time for the people in this country to stop this level of eye-pass in this country and all those imminent Guyanese who were calling for transparency and accountability must now voice their opinion.
Regards,
Neil Kumar
