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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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Office <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Controller <strong>and</strong> Auditor General PA&oBs 2007/08 133

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