Prime Minister Philip "Brave" Davis during his 2024 Budget Communication speech in the House of Assembly on May 29, 2024. Photo: Dante Carrer/Tribune Staff
By RASHAD ROLLE
Tribune News Editor
rrolle@tribunemedia.net
PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis said the government had saved $16.5m through its eProcurement platform, GoBonfire.
“We’ve successfully optimised spending and negotiation process, leading to substantial cost reductions,” Mr Davis said during his budget communication yesterday.
He added that the platform now has 6,277 external vendors, signifying “robust participation and healthy competition in government procurement”.
He said as of May 9, the platform has provided 4,177 total opportunities, “encompassing completed, evaluated, open and archived projects”.
Although he said the platform promotes transparency, the government has yet to fully comply with the Public Procurement Act’s requirement to publish details of approved contracts and procurement activities within 60 days of awarding a contract.
In its latest human rights report, the United States accused the country of failing to effectively implement laws related to contracts and procurement. The report said the country has limited enforcement of conflict-of-interest and anti-corruption clauses in government contracts.
Comments
Sickened 5 months, 2 weeks ago
So they say we saved $16.5 million. Hmmm! How much did we pay GoBonfire? Probably more than $16 million.
realfreethinker 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Brave always pushing these glorified numbers but never show proof that ii actually happened. Talk Talk
ExposedU2C 5 months, 2 weeks ago
This last sentence of Rashad Rolle's article says all there is to say about Stumpy Davis's hot air pretenses about the success of the failed eProcurement platform.
ThisIsOurs 5 months, 2 weeks ago
but the no bid air freight contract was 25m. We dont know how many millions it will cost us to not have had a contest for the best provider of air freight services
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