NYS tenders floated afresh after changes
What you need to know:
- In an advertisement in the local media on Thursday, interested companies were asked to submit their bids to the Director General of the NYS not later than January 29.
- “Submitted bids will be opened publicly in the NYS boardroom, second floor soon after the closing of the tender in the presence of the tenderers or their representatives who choose to attend,” the advertisement said.
- The Ministry of Devolution and Planning had on Wednesday cancelled the eleven tenders following the transfer of the NYS department to the Public Service ministry.
The newly-created Ministry of Public Service, Youth and Gender has re-advertised eleven multi-million shillings tenders for the supply of goods and services to the National Youth Service, only a day after they were cancelled by the Devolution and Planning ministry.
In an advertisement in the local media on Thursday, interested companies were asked to submit their bids to the Director General of the NYS not later than January 29.
“Submitted bids will be opened publicly in the NYS boardroom, second floor soon after the closing of the tender in the presence of the tenderers or their representatives who choose to attend,” the advertisement said.
EARLIER CANCELLATION
The Ministry of Devolution and Planning had on Wednesday cancelled the eleven tenders following the transfer of the NYS department to the Public Service ministry.
Under the watch of former cabinet secretary Anne Waiguru, the devolution ministry had first advertised the tenders on September 14 and 15 last year.
They were to be opened on October 1, last year.
The spokesman for the Ministry of Public Service, Youth and Gender Affairs Brown Kutswa told the Nation that the cancellation was prompted by the transfer of the NYS to the new ministry.
He added that the move was also informed by a circular from Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich requiring that all tendering matters be handled by the respective ministerial tender committees.
The NYS has been under the spotlight following the theft of Sh791 million through collusion by the organisation’s officials, top devolution ministry bureaucrats and unscrupulous suppliers.
The scandal saw Ms Waiguru resign and several top ministry and NYS officials including the Principal Secretary Peter Mangiti kicked out of office.
