PPADB Stops CMS Rot

The Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Board (PPADB) said last week that it had rejected a decision by CMS to terminate the contracts because of the risk of lawsuits. CMS terminated the contract of their current supplier of pain-killers without engaging the company first and awarded the P4 million tender to an Indian company, Cadila Pharmaceuticals.

The PPADB has advised the controversy-ridden CMS to go back and seek legal advice on the matter so that the multi-million Pula contract is lawfully terminated, in consultation with the current supplier. PPDAB told the Monitor that when CMS approached them to give the decision the green light, it was also realised that vital information was not included.