A NATIONAL website that makes contracts publicly accessible will be one of the steps taken by the government to improve transparency and efficiency within the procurement sector, People’s Progressive Party (PPP) General Secretary Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo has said.

Dr. Jagdeo, who also serves as Guyana’s Vice-President made this known during a press conference on Thursday at Freedom House as he also pointed out that there will be other reforms.

“The advertisement will remain on the site for the entire duration of the tender period. People can now check procurement opportunities wherever they live, including Amerindian communities,” he said.

He highlighted that the first reform that the government is “aggressively pursuing,” was addressed by President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali within his inaugural address- which is improving procurement.

“So, we want to make procurement fairer,” the Vice-President said, adding that the goal is make procurement have certain carveouts for small contractors to be able to access all opportunities.

He said: “We want better quality work. We want a more transparent system of tendering.
And so we are already working on this agenda. One of the first manifestations you will see next year is a procurement website that will now advertise contracts around the country.”