No transparency in public procurement- Auditor General 2013 Report
The Auditor General noted that “soft provision allow for circumvention of regulations which can be bypassed or otherwise disregarded with the splitting of contracts and waiver of tender.”
Ms Webster warned that the regulations for public tender needs to be reviewed for improved management and transparency in public procurement.
No balance of books
Meanwhile, in the same 2013 Report, Ms Webster complained that “a number of departments and ministries held over their 2013 expenditures to be paid from their 2014 budget.”
According to the Auditor General in the Report, the ‘carried forward unpaid expenditure’ for the period under review was $2.2 Million.
The Auditor General noted that Departments which held substantial ‘carried forward expenditures’ were the Water and Sewerage Department and the Ministry for Education and Culture, along with the Facilities Management Unit.
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