Procurement board halts faulty Judiciary security tender

Judiciary Chief Registrar Anne Amadi at the Supreme Court on September 1, 2016. The Public Procurement Review Board has cancelled a security tender awarded to Lavington Security. FILE PHOTO | DENNIS ONSONGO | NATION MEDIA GROUP

What you need to know:

  • In a ruling, the Public Procurement Review Board cancelled the disputed Sh198 million tender award to Lavington Security and directed the Judiciary to re-advertise it.
  • The dispute had spilled over to the courts when Judiciary Chief Registrar Anne Amadi issued a memo allowing Lavington to replace Bedrock at all stations.

The Judiciary may have to re-advertise a multimillion-shilling security tender following a finding that the initial award was flawed.

In a ruling, the Public Procurement Review Board cancelled the disputed Sh198 million tender award to Lavington Security and directed the Judiciary to re-advertise it.

The board, chaired by Josephine Mong’are, delivered its verdict on Friday after the award to Lavington was challenged by Bedrock Security, which has been providing the services to the Judiciary for the past two years and had hoped its tenure would be extended.

The dispute had spilled over to the courts when Judiciary Chief Registrar Anne Amadi issued a memo allowing Lavington to replace Bedrock at all stations.

High Court Judge George Odunga directed that the status quo be maintained until the board made its findings.

The case will now be mentioned today before Justice Odunga.