Shaina M. Smith inks $84,000 contract with Government
According to Virgin Islands News Online’s sources within the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) and team of reporters, the consultancy contract was signed with the Ministry of Health and Social Development and is for 18 months. Ms. Smith’s firm is expected to advise the Minister for Health and Social Development on engineering matters associated with the Peebles Hospital project.
No more details have been obtained on this contract. This also comes on the heels of a $96,000 consultancy contract for Claude Skelton-Cline to advise the Minister for Communications and Works on Ports matters and $90,000 for Kevin C. Smith to advise the Premier on small business matters. Both Skelton-Cline and Smith are NDP candidates who lost in their bids to win a district seat in the 2011 Virgin Islands (VI) general elections.
Ms. Smith, a former candidate in the recently held 2011 general elections, was the coordinator of the VI’s newest political party the People’s Patriotic Alliance (PPA). The party ran four candidates At-Large, however, it did not win a seat in the Parliament.
Up to press time, Ms. Smith could not be reached for a comment.
Ms. Smith, a former civil servant and President of the Virgin Islands Civil Service Association was the Manager of the Project Support Services Unit (PSSU) within the Ministry of Finance.
The 1993 VI High School graduate went on to study on a scholarship from the Government. Smith has a Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and received her Masters in industrial engineering and management systems from the University of Central Florida in 2002.
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