Annual general report of the controller and - Parliament of Tanzania
Annual general report of the controller and - Parliament of Tanzania
Annual general report of the controller and - Parliament of Tanzania
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TANAPA. Fur<strong>the</strong>rmore, <strong>the</strong>re was no evidence to suggest<br />
that <strong>the</strong> advertisement was carried out. In my opinion,<br />
<strong>the</strong>re was no value for money achieved by TANAPA for<br />
carrying such transactions.<br />
7.2.4 <strong>Tanzania</strong> Broadcasting Corporation (TBC)<br />
Fraudulent tender award- Supply <strong>of</strong> Internet Services<br />
TBC engaged WiA Company Limited to supply internet<br />
service since December 2007 without following tendering<br />
procedures including signing a contract six month later in<br />
June 2008 while <strong>the</strong> supplier had begun supplying internet<br />
service, TBC tendered this procurement by obtaining<br />
quotations from WiA company ltd, TANSAT Limited <strong>and</strong><br />
Startel (T) Limited in June 2008. However, <strong>the</strong> tender was<br />
controversially awarded to WiA after o<strong>the</strong>r bidders being<br />
disqualified <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> recommendation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> bid evaluation<br />
committee to negotiate price with <strong>the</strong> bidder from <strong>the</strong><br />
quoted price <strong>of</strong> Shs.172 million to Shs.60 million, which was<br />
approximately <strong>the</strong> price quoted by <strong>the</strong> disqualified bidders.<br />
The solicitation documents <strong>and</strong> contract was not made<br />
available to <strong>the</strong> auditors for review.<br />
The tender board on 23/7/2007 resolved to use P Squared<br />
Limited <strong>of</strong> UK as a single source contractor upgrading <strong>of</strong><br />
Radio Studios at New BH Building, PRT <strong>and</strong> Scoop News<br />
Studio at TVT Mikocheni. The contract for GBP 53,212 was<br />
signed on 11/10/2007. However, it was noted in <strong>the</strong> tender<br />
board minutes dated 26/11/2007 that 5 firms were invited<br />
to submit quotations for <strong>the</strong> same procurement <strong>and</strong> 3<br />
quotations were received. The tender board under<br />
instructions from DG resolved that <strong>the</strong> quotations would be<br />
evaluated after obtaining a quotation from P Squared Ltd.<br />
On 5/2/2008 <strong>the</strong> tender board resolved that <strong>the</strong> prices<br />
quoted by <strong>the</strong> 3 firms were high, <strong>the</strong>refore a quotation<br />
from P Squared should be solicited. The rejected<br />
quotations were in <strong>the</strong> region <strong>of</strong> USD 51,383 to USD 71,630<br />
compared to P Squared contract <strong>of</strong> GBP 53,212 (Shs.126<br />
million). It could not be ascertained <strong>the</strong> rationale <strong>of</strong><br />
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