Local contractors apoplectic over P314.1m tender

Citizen-owned construction contractors are crying foul over direct appointment of a tender estimated at P304,100,000 to six other companies.

The Ministry of Basic Education (MoBE), through its Department of Technical Services has appointed the six companies to construct 190 classrooms and 94 science laboratories across the country.

Even though the companies are yet to get invitations to tender and submit their bids, the ministry has demarcated the cake and provided estimates.

Editor's Comment
Accounting officers should be held accountable

Particular trepidations lie with the seemingly embedded nature of embellishing tender sums, in most cases without the barest minimum of authority. The worrying thing is that the inflated amounts run into millions of pula across the government ministries and departments. The Auditor General’s report of March ending 2022, which we cover extensively in this edition, paints a gloomy picture on management of the government coffers. It depicts the...

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