PPADB to crack the whip on contractors

In a move that will effectively sideline affected businesses from the government's P23.4 billion procurement cake for 2010/11, the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Board (PPADB) has invoked a section of legislation empowering it to censure and de-list corrupt and incompetent contractors.

Under the new rules, PPADB will reprimand, suspend or de-list contractors and their affiliated parties found guilty of bribery, taking kickbacks, collusion, fronting, conflict of interest, uncompetitive and unfair dealing, unprofessional conduct and incompetence.