PERMANENT Secretary in the Ministry of Regional Development and Local Government, Mr, Sewchand has warned contractors in Region 2(Pomeroon/Supenaam) that sub-standard work will not be accepted.

Addressing 20 of them in the presence of Regional Administration, Town Council and Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) officials and suppliers, he said contractual dates are not being maintained in Region 2and the ministry will be instituting liquidated damages immediately.

Sewchand advised contract awardees and suppliers to read their agreements carefully and adhere to them.

He explained the various stages of the regional tendering system and informed that the Ministry will be using a standard list of employees when contracts are put out to tender.

Sewchand also announced that the Ministry will be introducing a monitoring mechanism to be utlised for examining the standard list of employees and equipment in the process and separate files would be opened for each successful tenderer countrywide.

He said contractors have a responsibility to deliver excellent services on time and the merchandise supplied must be of good quality.