Gov’t contracts above $100K to now be vetted by Governor
Governor John Rankin is now expected to pre-review all government contracts that are valued $100,000 or more before any contractual commitments are made.
This is according to the proposal which was accepted by the United Kingdom (UK) government on how the BVI will implement Commission of Inquiry’s (COI) recommended reforms.
According to the proposal, this new vetting arrangement is expected to continue until further legislative amendments and constitutional changes are made in relation to public financial management.
The COI report had recommended that all contracts in respect of major projects (those valued more than $100,000) considered by Cabinet over the last three years, be the subject of a full audit by the Auditor General.
It further recommended that going forward, all government contracts other than major contracts should now contain a provision that there are no associated contracts which together will trigger the open tender process for major contracts.
Crown Land distribution to also be pre-reviewed
As a further means of enhanced supervision that the BVI will have to undergo, the proposal calls for a mandatory pre-review by the Governor of any intended sale or distribution of Crown land before the transaction takes place.
This, too, is expected to be in place until further legislative amendments and constitutional changes are made in relation to the disposal of Crown land.
Meanwhile, as part of the proposal’s enhanced cooperation provision between the Premier‘s Office and the Governor’s Office, there will now be an implementation unit established by the government to support the delivery of the COI report recommendations.
Another notable change will be the introduction of monthly tripartite policy dialogue meetings between each minister of government and their Permanent Secretaries with the Premier and the Governor, the proposal stated.
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THE PLAYING FIELD NEEDED BALANCING FOR YEARS NOW / AND WE ARE WAIRING ON THE INVESTIGATIONS ON WHATS REALLY BEEN GOING ON BEHIND CLOSED DOORS ? FOR YEARS NOW , LEAVE NO STONES UNTURNED (EXPOSE THE PIRANHAS , WHO ARE ARE ACT LIKE ANGELS
So the UK playing smart. Leave the dummy puppets with Slow Andy in charge to look like the Belongers are still in charge yet in actuality the Governor is in charge of everything. Glad to see that Slow Andy has to get permission from the Governor to go potty.
@ Soooo
I was thinking the same thing…..I would rather see a fair iron clad procedure set up for all administrations to follow. Then the Governor can review to see is procedures were followed.
We need a path to the crown to solve some basic problems like putting out the fire at the dump. We need a plan to harvest the sun and the wind. We need a plan to improve our broken infrastructure. We need a plan to move forward.
The Governor is fully incharge and that’s the bottom line
So that omits anything say in the range of $80,000 from scrutiny what a coincidence……lol. Jokes don’t stop in the BVI buddy…You all got some unethical balls the world have yet to realize……
Potty training begins
Let us do a research into those humongous garbage contracts
This is UK rule
Did you mean this is UK indirect rule.
It’s about time the abuse stops. So many people need help while a select few taking advantage.
Did you mean this is UK indirect rule.
Great. Have to start somewhere
So what?? All we’ll have now is a whole help of $99,000 contracts! The Carnival goes on.
So what?? All we’ll have now is a whole heap of $99,000 contracts! The Carnival goes on.
Contracts for less than $100k can now be added together with other less than $100k contracts so the Guv can review them also. What goes around comes around!
They did that for Fraude didnt they?
Question?
Are we Under Direct Rule or Not. Because I am reading many conflicting stories
Not, next question?
Good
Good move on the governors part. Stop letting politicians use the peoples money for bribes and payoffs.
Find the corruption, shine a light on it, and put the bums in jail. Shame them so the entire island can see them for who they are, thieves!
Can we cut that to 50,000 please
Them man gonna give out no-bid contracts for $99000 right under this blindman nose…..Well sah! He will learn
Should have been all contracts above $5,000.00
should have to be vetted by the Guv.
Doubt if even that small amount would keep the greedy paws out of the cookie jar. Been going on for far too many years.
Puppet Government in full effect
You are talking about a 1 million dollar wall!!!!
And the COI Report costs 8 million dollars!!!! 8 million dollars for a report??? what brought up this paper work to 8 million dollars?
Checking the information was always the governor’s job. ALWAYS!!!
Now you are talking about now…NOW!!!
The same governor system is a crooked system because these governors were meant to be checking all these things all the time.
What were they doing all these years? The governor is probably government official 1.!!!
It is time to really engage your brains people.
The governor has been wasting our money. NONE of them were doing their actual job until 2022. This is complete foolishness.
The governor is part of the cabinet and all those bills have the governor’s signature.
And he never checked them or asked any questions about anything.
All those governors were sitting down on their ass eating the government’s money.
All those governors must have been getting a payout all these years.
They never reported anything. NEVER NEVER…
Only in 2022????
What was the reason for the governor to decide that he would call for this COI report???
I think that we the people of the BVI need to stop living with our collective heads in the sand.
This is corruption to the highest level including the governor.
Let’s stop pretending.
Call for the governor to pay the 8 million back to the BVI government.
8 million.
We the people need a breakdown of the all the costs of this report.
The COI report cost 8 million.
The governor needs to pay that money back