Companies to provide Govt services
Thursday August 16, 2007

A total of 44 companies have tendered in their expression of interest on the provision of Government services.

Public Service permanent secretary Taina Tagicakibau said some of the criteria include companies having a proven track record of engaging in these services for a number of years, they must be financially sound and locally-owned.

She said the ministry will continue with the project to contract services to individual contractors as part of its plans to restructure the water, sewerage and roads department and Mechanical Services.

She said this exercise has nothing to do with the public employees union going back to work as the ministry was already working on a Cabinet mandate on reforming the two State agencies with the ultimate hope of turning them into autonomous entities.

According to Tagicakibau it is too early to ascertain the processing time.

She said a committee comprising representatives from line ministries who perform these services will be appointed soon to assess and shortlist the tenders before finalizing the successful parties found to have met the necessary criteria.