Court orders review of dictionary tender
COURT has ordered a review of the tender to supply primary school dictionaries.
By Stephen Muwambi
COURT has ordered a review of the tender to supply primary school dictionaries.
This was after the reputed Oxford University Press (OUP) won the nine-month court battle for wrongful disqualification from the lucrative tender.
Commercial court’s Justice Geoffrey Kiryabwire recently quashed the Ministry of Education and Sports’ decision, directing an enquiry into the controversial tender.
The Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Authority was ordered to hear OUP’s complaints again and resolve them.
“A review of this dispute shows that errors were made and rules not followed.
The process of procurement must not only be transparent, but more importantly, be seen to be transparent,†Kiryabwire explained.
OUP’s country agent, Gustro Limited, went to court in April last year, after the ministry tender committee rejected its bid to supply the dictionaries.
Gustro, who put in the lowest bidding price of 3.9 dollars per dictionary, had appealed to Permanent Secretary, F.X. Lubanga, who upheld the tender committee’s decision.
COURT has ordered a review of the tender to supply primary school dictionaries.
This was after the reputed Oxford University Press (OUP) won the nine-month court battle for wrongful disqualification from the lucrative tender.
Commercial court’s Justice Geoffrey Kiryabwire recently quashed the Ministry of Education and Sports’ decision, directing an enquiry into the controversial tender.
The Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Authority was ordered to hear OUP’s complaints again and resolve them.
“A review of this dispute shows that errors were made and rules not followed.
The process of procurement must not only be transparent, but more importantly, be seen to be transparent,†Kiryabwire explained.
OUP’s country agent, Gustro Limited, went to court in April last year, after the ministry tender committee rejected its bid to supply the dictionaries.
Gustro, who put in the lowest bidding price of 3.9 dollars per dictionary, had appealed to Permanent Secretary, F.X. Lubanga, who upheld the tender committee’s decision.