{"id":22822,"date":"2024-09-10T12:32:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T12:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=22822"},"modified":"2024-09-10T12:32:26","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T12:32:26","slug":"public-works-ministry-tightens-contracting-rules-to-ensure-fairness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/public-works-ministry-tightens-contracting-rules-to-ensure-fairness\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Works Ministry Tightens Contracting Rules to Ensure Fairness"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Delicia Janneire<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of Public Works is taking a stronger stance on the awarding of government contracts, addressing concerns about fairness and the capacity of contractors to deliver. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Public Works Minister Juan Edghill highlighted these efforts during a recent meeting with contractors in Region 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response to complaints that a select group of contractors consistently receive government projects, Minister Edghill stated that the ministry is moving to ensure that contracts are awarded openly and fairly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasized that going forward, the ministry will focus on limiting multiple bids from contractors under different names to prevent a small group from monopolizing projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This issue has contributed to delays in significant projects such as the bridge connecting Canal No. 2 and Belle West, as well as the Belle Vue Housing Scheme. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Edghill assured contractors and the public that measures are being implemented to prevent a repeat of these issues, and to ensure broader participation in the contracting process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, the ministry is cracking down on contractors who secure projects only to subcontract them to other companies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This practice has sometimes resulted in subpar work, which the government aims to eliminate by holding contractors accountable for the quality of their deliverables.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Delicia Janneire The Ministry of Public Works is taking a stronger stance on the awarding of government contracts, addressing concerns about fairness and the capacity of contractors to deliver.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22820,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22822"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22832,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22822\/revisions\/22832"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}