Manup Chetwyn Stuart and Minister Stephen Lashley
The following received from an anonymous source.
CPLT20
CPL T20 Cricket made the decision to hand control of the [cricket] ovals back to the local entities. Kensington Oval Management Inc (KOMI) invited groups to bid on the Party Stand tender for CPLT20. Omar Robertson’s group consisting of Sirom SLD, Makin Moves and Infusion Catering Services, his caterers,came together to create a proposal as service providers who own own equipment.The board set a deadline of May 22nd for all proposals to be in. Robertson’s group was the only one to submit it by the deadline.
Chetwyn Stewart of Power by Four strategically refused to remove his staging [structure] from Kensington after the Test Match against England and tried to have the Minister of Sport Stephen Lashley give him the contract out right. The CEO of Kensington Oval refused to allow this and demanded that it be processed through proper procedure. At this point it was decided to extend the deadline so that another proposal could come in to be compared to what was presented. Chetwyn still had not submitted his yet still tried to have the Minister give it to him.
Chetwyn finally gave in and handed in a proposal. When judged on merits by members of the board Robertson/Infusion’s plan was voted the best. Other members decided to vote the way the Chairman Mr Anthony Walrond decided to vote. The Chairman of the Board, under claims of receiving pressure from above decided by 30th May 2015 to give the contract to Chetwyn.
Despite admitting in confidence to an inside source that the Infusion plan was the better choice, the contract has been awarded with unspecified conditions potentially relating to outstanding monies owed to KOMI by Mr Stewart.
Barbados Underground 
So what’s the issue?
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In 2008 for the Australia series the KOMI board
Led by Oliver Jordan, awarded the party stand
Kensington Oval to PoweX4 at a ground lease
Price of BDD$10K. PowerX4 was to pay KOMI
BDS$10K for the space. By the time the WI and
Aussie matches started, PowerX4 had not paid
The BDS$10K but had received BDS$500,000.00
From KOMI for Party Stand improvements
Carried out by PowerX4
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So what is being complained of now is
Mere child’s play. PowerX4 don’t belong
In part to the defecto Deputy PM of Barbados?
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What we have here is the same old same old. A select few who always seem to be smiling all the way to the bank, wasn’t Chetwyn given the tender by the then BTA to cater to Rihanna’s first show at the Oval?
And what is in it for lil Hitler?
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@David,
Were any laws broken ?
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@Hants
Do we live based on laws only? What about ethical codes? What about honesty? What about integrity?
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This is exactly what obtained in Guyana under the PPP government.
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We are actually subject to the prescriptive-mandates of the civil, criminal and moral -code. But secular man has found unique and inventive ways to circumvent the latter because the latter does not carry with it the empirical- consequences as does the two others.
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Any one can say or state a claim but until empirical evedience gives way to truth, such claims are like tumble weed tossed and turned by the wind and finally buried under a pile of rubbish,,
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@David
David asked the question:” What about the ethical codes?”
And I shall attempt to render my unqualified opinion in an effort to shed clearer light on David’s quiry. Now I do believe that GP is in a better position to elaborate coherently to David’s quiry- given the nature of his excellent education. But I am determining not allow his excellent -scholastics, deter my efficacy.
Nevertheless, I do recall with some residual-animosity, when I was given an overtime shift at work which I took and subsequently canceled within the allotted time pursuant to our union contract. And several of my coworkers were quite pissed at me for canceling the shift. I was actually told by one of my coworker in no uncertain terms that:” I shouldn’t have taken the shift if I knew in advanced that I would have canceled it.” ( which I obviously did not know at the time I was given the shift) Bear in mind that I did not violate the 14 hours grace period which is allotted pursuant to the union contract. The moral of the story is this: this fart for brains, thought that it was against professional-ethics to cancel an overtime shift when it is given. I apparently did not see it his way because even though from his standpoint: it might have been unethical on my part, I still remained within the confines of the union contract. So David, here is my thesis: adhere to the ethical-code, is a matter of opinion and not a universal-sanction.
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@AC
If you take your head out of your ass you will still be blind to the truth ,all weed is not tumble weed , we have a weed around our coast that can’t be buried under a pile of rubbish(your shite talk ) about empirical evidence giving way to truth when all you ACs in the DLP farm yard tossed and turned the truth to buried it
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AC
Empirical-evidence would inform our understanding that a tree-branch partly submerged in water appears bent, when in actuality it is straight. So don’t believe all that the human eyes shows us, look and listen with your understanding.
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@ David, wrote “ethical codes? What about honesty? What about integrity?”
There are very few Bajans who can live up to your expectations David.
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Watchman
YOU HAVE SOME GALL MAN. AC, has the right to support who she deems worthy of her time and effort. MAN IT IS GETTING LATE… WHY DON’T GAH TAH BED BECAUSE WE WERE ALL CREATED TO THINK AND ACT A LIKE.
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You sure Robertson is just jealous? I know he can be a real birk & prat who made many enemies on Zanz and Facebook, he figures because he don’t burn water he is Barbados’ next Iron Chef – bare luck, salmonella and ptomaine waiting fuh him so!
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Attacking Robertson does not change the allegation. Was Chetwyn given the contract based on political intervention.
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AC
Hang in there sista because truth crashed to the earth has rise again. Continue to fight the good fight and stay on course sista, for your reward does come from the hero worshipping of finite man who does not know what tomorrow brings.
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This is why there are calls for a contractor general to make the process of procurement and tendering more transparent. This government promised a new dawn as far as governance is concerned.
A big fail.
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@ watchman ac/s made a vow never to take the eyes off you ,,ever day you are becoming increasingly dangerous , yes you are being watch ,,watchman.
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@AC
You now see my dangerous keyboard ? ask dompey , I have eyes on my fingers .
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@ AC
By the way, on the vow point , you still keeping yours? or it gone like the Miss of L&NIS
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‘This is why there are calls for a contractor general to make the process of procurement and tendering more transparent.”
How will this Contractor general make the process of procurement and tendering more transparent if the current process can’t?
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PART XVIII
Government Contracts
218. (1) For the purposes of this Part, there shall be established
a Committee to be known as the Tenders Committee.
(2) The Second Schedule has effect as to the constitution of the
Tenders Committee and otherwise in relation thereto.
219. (1) Notwithstanding rule 218, where the Crown borrows
moneys from an international financial institution and the
moneys are to be expended by the Crown, a Special Tenders
Committee shall be established.
(2) The Third Schedule has effect as to the constitution of the
Special Tenders Committee and otherwise in relation thereto.
220. (1) An officer of a department shall not enter into a contract
on behalf of the Crown unless it is prepared in a form that is
approved by the Solicitor-General or a legal officer that the
Solicitor-General nominates.
(2) For the purposes of this Part, an accounting officer of a
department or an officer that the accounting officer authorises may
enter into a contract on behalf of the Crown for services or for
obtaining supplies in accordance with rule 4 of the Financial
Administration and Audit (Supplies) Rules, 1971.
221. (1) An accounting officer of a department or an officer that
the accounting officer authorises may, on behalf of a department,
order services or supplies from a person in accordance with clause
205(2) of these Rules without inviting tenders or obtaining written
quotations for the services or supplies.
Tenders
Committee.
Special
Tenders
Committee.
Third
Schedule.
Officers
entering
into
contracts.
Second
Schedule.
S.I. 1971
No. 47.
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(2) Subject to rule 205, the accounting officer or the authorised
officer shall reasonably ensure that the
(a) price he accepts for the services or supplies is the lowest possible
price; and
(b) person provides the services or supplies in accordance with a
purchase order for the services or supplies.
222. (1) An accounting officer of a department or an officer that
the accounting officer authorises may, on behalf of a department,
accept a contract for the supply of services or supplies without inviting
tenders where the expenditure for the services or supplies exceeds
$50 000 but does not exceed $200 000.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the accounting officer or the
authorised officer shall obtain not less than 3 written quotations for the
supply of services or supplies before he accepts the contract on behalf
of the department.
(3) Subject to paragraphs (1) and (2), where the accounting officer
or the authorised officer accepts a contract for the supply of services or
supplies on behalf of the department, the contract shall be prepared in a
form that is approved by the Solicitor-General or a legal officer that the
Solicitor-General nominates.
(4) Where the expenditure in respect of the supply of services or
supplies exceeds $200 000, the accounting officer or the authorised
officer shall, on behalf of the department, invite tenders for the supply
of services or supplies.
Services and
supplies
that exceed
$50 000 in
value but
not $200
000 in
value.
124
THE LAWS OF BARBADOS
Printed by the Government Printer, Bay Street, St. Michael
by the authority of the Government of Barbados
(5) Subject to paragraph (4), where the accounting officer or
authorised officer accepts a tender, he shall enter into a contract with
the successful tenderer and that contract shall be prepared in a
form approved by the Solicitor-General or a legal officer that the
Solicitor-General nominates.
(6) The accounting officer or authorised officer shall not
artificially reduce the cost of a contract for the supply of services to be
below the limit of $200 000.
223. (1) Where a person is contracted by an officer on behalf of a
department for supplies or services, the person shall provide a surety in
respect of the performance of the contract and shall bear
the cost of obtaining the surety.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a person who enters into a
contract for supplies for the department and the officer
(a) examines the supplies before payment for the contract is made to
the person; or
(b) tests the supplies before payment for the contract is made to the
person.
224. Notwithstanding Part XVII and the provisions of the
Financial Administration and Audit (Supplies) Rules, 1971, an
accounting officer of a department or an officer that the
accounting officer authorises to act on his behalf may issue a
purchase order to a local supplier for services or supplies for a sum
of money as the Minister approves.
Approval
of the
Minister for
services or
supplies.
S.I. 1971
No. 47.
Sureties.
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225. (1) The Solicitor-General or a legal officer that the
Solicitor-General nominates shall ensure that a contract for services or
a contract for supplies in respect of a department states
(a) where applicable, the supplies to be furnished;
(b) where applicable, the services to be performed;
(c) the price of the contract for services or the contract for
supplies, as the case may be;
(d) where applicable, discounts or deductions on the price of the
contract for services or contract for supplies, as the case
may be;
(e) the time within which the contract is to be performed;
(f) that a contract may be cancelled where there is evidence that
the person contracted to provide the services or supplies
(i) commits an offence under the Prevention of Corruption
Act in respect of a contract with the Crown;
(ii) shows disfavour to a person in respect of the contract;
(g) an identification number on the contract;
(h) safe guards of the satisfactory completion of the contract;
(i) other conditions of the contract.
(2) Where the Solicitor-General or a legal officer that the
Solicitor-General nominates prepares a contract for services, he shall
ensure that the contract contains provisions that mandate that the
services are completed by the most economical means.
Content of
contracts.
Cap. 144.
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THE LAWS OF BARBADOS
Printed by the Government Printer, Bay Street, St. Michael
by the authority of the Government of Barbados
226. Where a party to a contract for services or contract for
supplies made between a department and a person contracted for the
provision of the services or the supplies deviates from the contract or
an accepted tender, the department shall inform the Chairman of
the Tenders Committee of the deviation.
227. (1) Notwithstanding anything in this Part, a letter of intent
may be considered as a binding agreement between a person and
a department where the person
(a) submits the letter of intent to enter into a contract for services for
the department to an
(i) accounting officer of the department; or
(ii) officer that the accounting officer authorises; and
(b) makes a payment of a surety with respect to the letter of intent to
the Accountant-General.
(2) Subject to paragraph (1), the accounting officer may use the
letter of intent as an authority to commence payment for services that
the person completes in accordance with the letter of intent.
228. (1) Where a person completes a contract for services or a
contract for supplies for a department in accordance with the contract,
an accounting officer of the department or an officer that the accounting
officer authorises to act on his behalf shall issue to the person a voucher
for payment for the contract for services or contract for supplies, as the
case may be.
Deviation
from
contracts
and tenders.
Letter of
intent.
Payment
for
contracts.
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(2) Subject to paragraph (1), the accounting officer or the
authorised officer shall
(a) quote the identification number of the contract for services or
contract for supplies, as the case may be, on the voucher;
(b) attach to the voucher a certificate which certifies that the
contract for services or contract for supplies, as the case may
be, has been satisfactorily completed.
(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (2), where the payment for a
contract for services or a contract for supplies is made on account, the
accounting officer or the authorised officer shall state on the
certificate that the value of the work completed is in excess of
the payment made on account.
229. (1) An accounting officer of a department shall maintain a
Register of Contracts which shall contain the contracts awarded for
services or supplies to the department.
(2) The accounting officer shall ensure that a contract for services
or a contract for supplies in respect of the department
(a) is recorded under the appropriate head of expenditure;
(b) has an identification number.
(3) Where the contract for services or the contract for supplies
extends over one financial year, the accounting officer shall
(a) record in the accounts of the department the outstanding cost of
the contract for services or contract for supplies, as the case
may be, for each financial year;
Records of
contracts.
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Printed by the Government Printer, Bay Street, St. Michael
by the authority of the Government of Barbados
(b) forward to the Accountant-General information that relates to
the outstanding cost of the contract for services or the
outstanding cost of the contract for supplies, as the case
may be.
(4) Subject to paragraph (3), the Accountant-General shall report
the information on the outstanding cost of the contract for services or
the outstanding cost of the contract for supplies as a contingent
liability in the notes to Financial Statements of the Crown.
230. An accounting officer of a department or a head of the
department shall furnish a copy of a contract for services or a
contract for supplies, as the case may be, that is made on behalf
of the department to the Auditor-General, the Accountant-General
and the Chief Supply Officer.
231. (1) Subject to rule 222(4), an accounting officer of a
department or an officer that the accounting officer authorises, shall, on
behalf of the department, invite tenders from members of the public by
the publication of a notice in one or more newspapers in Barbados.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the accounting officer or the
officer that the accounting officer authorises shall not publish a notice
that invites tenders for supplies or services from members of the public
without the consent of the Chairman of the Tenders Committee.
232. Notwithstanding rule 231, where the Tenders Committee is
satisfied that there are not more than 7 members of the public in
Barbados that are capable of submitting tenders for a contract for
services or a contract for supplies, an accounting officer of a
department or an officer that the accounting officer authorises shall, by
letter, invite members of the public to submit tenders for the contract
for services or contract for supplies on behalf of the department.
Copies of
contracts.
Publication
of notices
inviting
tenders.
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Invitation
of tenders
by letter.
233. Notwithstanding rule 231, an accounting officer of a
department or an officer that the accounting officer authorises may
determine not to publish a notice where he is satisfied that the
(a) services or supplies required consist of repairs to
(i) parts of existing machinery;
(ii) existing machinery; or
(iii) existing plants for which he has obtained 3 written quotations
for the repairs and has approved the written quotations for
the repairs;
(b) required supplies are on sale at a public auction.
234. (1) For the purposes of this rule, approved securities include a
Government Paper and a security listed on a recognised Securities
Exchange.
(2) An accounting officer of a department or an officer that the
accounting officer authorises shall ensure that an invitation for tenders
by notice or an invitation for tenders by letter to members of the public
on behalf of the department
(a) states the manner in which members of the public shall make the
tenders;
(b) states that members of the public shall submit the tenders in the
prescribed manner to make the tenders;
(c) describes the required services or required supplies;
(d) provides a period in which the services are to be completed or
the supplies are to be provided, as the case may be;
Nonpublication
of notices.
Conditions
on notices
or letters
inviting
tenders.
130
THE LAWS OF BARBADOS
Printed by the Government Printer, Bay Street, St. Michael
by the authority of the Government of Barbados
(e) where necessary, states the department where additional
information concerning the required services or required
supplies may be obtained and the times at which the information
may be available;
(f) where applicable, states that the Labour Clauses (Public
Contracts) Act applies to the subject of the tenders;
(g) states that the members of the public shall address the tenders
to the Chairman of the Tenders Committee;
(h) states the time and date that the members of the public shall
submit the tenders to the Chairman of the Tenders Committee;
(i) states where the members of the public shall submit the tenders;
(j) states that the tenders shall not be considered unless it complies
with the conditions set out in the notice inviting the tenders or
the letter inviting the tenders.
(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (2)(h), the Chairman of the
Tenders Committee may determine the time and date by which the
members of the public are to submit the tenders.
(4) Where a department is required to furnish additional
information in accordance with paragraph (2)(e), the accounting
officer of that department, the officer that the accounting
officer authorises or the head of that department shall furnish a
copy of the information to the Chairman of the Tenders Committee.
Cap. 349.
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(5) Where a surety is required in accordance with rule 223, the
accounting officer of the department or the officer that the
accounting officer authorises shall, where applicable, state in the notice
inviting tenders or in the letter inviting tenders that the department
shall require a surety by way of
(a) a deposit of a sum of money with the Treasury;
(b) approved securities to the value of not less than 10 per cent of
the contract price;
(c) a bank or an accredited insurance company whose liability is
not less than 10 per cent of the contract price.
(6) The Tenders Committee shall not consider tenders from
members of the public that do not comply with the conditions stated
in the notice inviting the tenders or the letter inviting the tenders.
235. (1) The Tenders Committee shall cause the
(a) construction of a box for the purpose of the receipt of manually
prepared tenders placed by members of the public; and
(b) box to be kept at the office of the Chairman of the Tenders
Committee or at another place that he approves.
(2) The Tenders Committee shall ensure that the box
(a) bears in a conspicuous place the inscription “Tenders Box”;
(b) has an opening for the insertion of envelopes containing
tenders;
(c) has a sliding panel to cover the opening for the insertion of
envelopes containing tenders;
(d) has two independent locks to lock the panel.
Tenders
box.
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Printed by the Government Printer, Bay Street, St. Michael
by the authority of the Government of Barbados
(3) Subject to paragraph (2), the Chairman of the Tenders
Committee shall keep the key for one lock and a member of the
Tenders Committee, as the Tenders Committee decides, shall keep the
key to the other lock.
(4) The secretary of the Tenders Committee shall lock the panel of
the box immediately after the time fixed for the closing of tenders.
(5) The Chairman of the Tenders Committee shall fix a date to open
the box and on that date the Chairman and the other member with the
key for the other lock shall unlock the box and remove the tenders.
236. (1) Subject to rule 235, where the Chairman of the Tenders
Committee and the member of the Tenders Committee open the box,
the Chairman and the member shall
(a) note the number of tenders submitted by the members of the
public;
(b) initial the tenders;
(c) where requested by the Tenders Committee, note specified
information in respect of the submitted tenders.
(2) Subject to paragraph (1), the Tenders Committee shall
expeditiously consider the tenders submitted after the box for
tenders is opened.
(3) The Tenders Committee, after the closing date to submit
tenders, may
(a) as it sees fit, request information or advice from a department
to which the submitted tenders relates;
(b) request the member of the public who submitted a tender to
attend an interview.
Tenders.
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(4) Subject to paragraph (3)(b), where the Tenders Committee
interviews the member of the public, the department to which the
tender relates is to be represented by an appropriate officer of the
department.
(5) The Tenders Committee shall send the tenders and its
recommendations in respect of the tenders to the head of the
department to which the tenders relate.
237. (1) Subject to rule 236(5), where a head of a department
receives recommendations from the Tenders Committee in respect of
tenders, the head of the department shall forward the recommendations
to the Minister responsible for the department.
(2) Where the Minister responsible for the department does not
accept the recommendations, the Tenders Committee shall submit the
recommendations to the Minister.
(3) Subject to paragraph (2), the Minister, on receipt of the
recommendations, shall submit the recommendations to the Cabinet.
238. (1) Where a tender is accepted from a member of the
public, the department to which the tender relates shall inform the
member of the public who submitted the tender of the acceptance by
written notice, and where appropriate, state in the notice that he is
required to enter into a written contract with the Crown.
(2) Subject to paragraph (1), the department shall instruct the
Solicitor-General to prepare a contract in respect of the accepted
tender and the period within which the contract is to be prepared and
issued.
Acceptance
of tenders.
Recommendations
concerning
tenders.
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AS bro Caswell consistently tries to point out; the laws are all there, they only need to applied.
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Promoting a contractor general is usually rooted in the independent nature of the job, has nothing to do with the existing laws. Something like the DPP who is shielded by the law away from the politicians.
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When governments operate in secrecy.Here are leaked documents about th TPP agreement.
http://www.alternet.org/wikileaks-releases-secret-documents-related-controversial-us-trade-pact?sc=fb
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‘Promoting a contractor general is usually rooted in the independent nature of the job, has nothing to do with the existing laws. Something like the DPP who is shielded by the law away from the politicians.”
Rather than say doesn’t make sense would posit I have a difficulty with the statement.
would the Contractor general be a law unto him/herself?
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Is the DPP a law onto himself ?
We have to search for other ways to complement what exist because having the laws on the books have proved not be be working.
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