The Department of Finance has not released contracts worth $ 2.6 million – Auditor General

Company News of Monday, July 22, 2019

Source: clbadfmonline.com

2019-07-22

The Auditor General, Daniel Yaw Domelevo, has condemned the Ministry of Finance for concealing four important contracts signed in 2018.

"Our review of the contracts awarded by the department showed that a number of procurements for goods, services and consulting services were conducted without publication on the website of the Autorité des marchés Public Accounts (PPA) ", annual report on the Ghana Public Accounts (PAG) as at 31 December. 2018 on Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDA), said.

Novabase / Rhema benefited from two separate contracts; an agreement for 220 Hyperion licenses on January 18, 2018 for a cost of $ 1,201,445.36 and a workflow documentation contract signed on February 8, 2018 for $ 1,388,814.00.

The remainder consists of computer procurement signed by the information technology market, signed in July 2017, priced at GHS 79,000.00, and another computer procurement contract awarded to Techzon on cost of 74,000.00 GHS.

The AG said that the actions of the Ministry of Finance were contrary to Article 13 of the Public Procurement Act 2003, as amended, which "enjoins all procuring entities to publish immediately notify them of attribution on the website of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA) in order to improve transparency and equity. .

The report added that: "In our opinion, non-compliance with the above provision could compromise the competitiveness of the purchasing process".

Even though the AG said the ministry had responded that it was having trouble downloading contracts on its website, the office pointed out that "to ensure value for money, we urged the Ministry to comply with the law on public procurement.