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(From L – R) Joel Bhagwandin, Pauline Chase and Berkely Wickham
The other persons who have been named are President of the Guyana Bar Association Pauline Chase and former Chairman of the National Tender Board Berkely Wickham.
Financial Analyst of JB Consultancy and Associates Joel Bhagwandin and Rajnarine Singh, an Executive member of the Guyana Hindu Dharma Sabha and retired diplomat, have also been named.
“I am sure the five names will have the confidence of 2/3 majority and that’s where we are essentially,” Figueira added.
He said the motion will be moved next week at PAC and then presented to the full House after due diligence, which will pave the way for the establishment of the PPC. The Commission exercises a major regulatory and oversight role in public procurement and the awarding of contracts.
The five names, after parliamentary approval, will then go to the President who will then administer the Oath of Office.
Rajnarine SinghThe functions of the Public Procurement Commission include making regulations governing procurement, determining documents for public procurement such as bidding, prequalification, evaluation and contract forms, reviewing decisions of procuring entities and adjudicating debarment proceedings.
There has been no PPC for the last two years after being last constituted on October 28, 2016, when the first five Commissioners were sworn in by former President David Granger.
That allowed for a significant reduction of the role Cabinet plays in the awarding of contracts.
