PPADB consults with security companies

A similar workshop focusing on information sharing between security guard service companies and "the PPADB regarding the operations, processes and procedures as set out in the PPADB Act and Regulations" was held last September.

It was also aimed at learning from the security service companies the challenges and impediments they encounter from time to time in the procurement process. Officially at the workshop, PPADB Executive Chairman Armando Lionjanga said his organisation is mandated by the Act to maintain an up-to-date register of contractors in works, supplies and services, "or any combination thereof". Lionjanga said the law requires security companies intending to bid for government jobs to be registered with and graded by the PPADB. He said such grading is already in place at the PPADB for other sectors, especially in the works category "for both construction and construction-related consultancy services."