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Con deh in some of dem con-tracts

Jun 26, 2020 Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists 0 , Source - Kaieteur News Online - https://www.kaieteurnewsonline...e-of-dem-con-tracts/

Dem Boys Seh…

Guvment sharing out money like Wild West…. to dem con-tractors.

Imagine dem nah gat time fuh share out hampers to dem poor people wha live pun sea dam, reserve and squatting area. But dem giving dem con-tractors millions of dollars above wha dem con-tractor bid. Instead of giving contract to de lowest bidder, dem overpaying de highest bidder.

Something nah smell right about dah. It smell just like de dump site con-tract wha guvment pay out more dan a billion dollar based pun a lil lawyer letter.

Is like if yuh ask a man give you an estimate fuh build a shed. And when de man submit de estimate, you decide fuh pay he far more dan wha he ask fuh.

Who you know does pay somebody rent, den tun around and spend billions of dollars fuh nice-up de place?

Imagine de guvment spending more than a billion dollars pun a rundown hotel and yet dem gat fuh pay rent.

And pun tap of dat, dem paying de rent even though dem seh dem compulsorily acquiring de property in de public interest.

While all of dem billions ah spend, de poor people man catching hell.

Dem still waiting fuh Lil Joe and Na-Ga- Nuttin’-Much-Fuh-Do fuh send dem some hampers.

Dem boys seh instead of some of dem going pun de Ben-cook radio and talking fart, dem should be helping de poor with hamper.

De Waterfall bossman share out more hamper dan de CDC. And he nah talk about it or put it in he paper. He tek he own money and he help people.

But some ah dem kavacamites in guvment sharing out con-tract instead… to dem friends.

Talk half and wait fuh see when de wuk gun done.

Gov’t pays BK Int’l $74M more than his bid price – Company bid $278M, but contract signed for $352M

By Mikaila Prince, Jun 25, 2020 News 3 , Source - Kaieteur News Online - https://www.kaieteurnewsonline...act-signed-for-352m/

By Mikaila Prince

Despite being the highest bidder for a project awarded last week by the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB), Brian Tiwari’s BK International Incorporated was, nonetheless, awarded a contract to the tune of $352M, some $74M more than its already relative high bid offer.

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A copy of the contract awarded by NPTAB last week.

In a previous article, Kaieteur News had highlighted that NPTAB, and by extension the Ministry of Finance, had awarded a contract to construct rip-rap sea defences at Content, Mahaicony in Region Five, following massive floods within the district late last year.

BK International was one of the three companies who bid to secure the contract; the other two companies being MB Construction who bid $235,744,500 and Colin Talbot Contracting Services who submitted a bid of $247,599,600, while the engineer’s estimate was $184,521,000. BK’s bid was $278,876,300 – some $31M over the next highest bid and more than $90M over the engineer’s estimate.

Notably, procurement laws stipulate that when it comes to large scale contracts like the one BK was granted, the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board is recommended to choose the lowest bidder.

Despite being the highest bidder for the contract, with a significant margin between what BK International bid and what was asked for by the engineer, the company was still awarded the contract. This decision in itself raises concerns, taking into consideration that Cabinet is needed to approve these multi-million dollar contracts and that constitutional body fell with the dissolution of Parliament in December of last year.

Even with the unusual decision by NPTAB to award to the highest bidder, the award letter for this contract shows BK being granted the contract at a price of $352,121,250.

Upon noticing the significance variance with what was asked for by the company and what was awarded to them by the government, Kaieteur News reached out to the Deputy Chairman of NPTAB, Mark Bender. In an email that was dispatched to Bender yesterday afternoon, Kaieteur News requested an explanation for the inconsistencies with the costs. However, up to press time, there was no response.

FM

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