Annual general report of the controller and - Parliament of Tanzania

VAT). How the Joint venture came
about was unexplained to us.
3. Completion time Although the project completion
period (45 days) was mentioned to
contribute to single source and above
limit procurement, the same was
extended for 45 days from 29/5/08 to
18/7/08 and latter extended for
further 43 days to 25/9/08 hence a
4. Status of the
project and
Value for Money
total of 133 days.
The site visit made on 9/10/2008 saw
the contractor at site yet to finish the
work which implies that the
contractor was working without
properly approved extended contract
time. Further, value for money and
the relationship between the nature
of the project and the contract price
of about 4.17 billion could not be
measured as it needs special
investigation.
I am of opinion that the Authority was not given an
opportunity to get better price and competency for the
said project through competitive tendering.
In order to be satisfied that the project costs represent the
best price that could have been secured by the Authority,
the management is urged to evaluate the project and or
commission an investigative technical audit to ascertain
and report on the fair value of the project. Further, failure
by the contractor to execute the project within agreed
time frame, the contract should be evaluated to establish
liquidated damages suffered by the Authority and the same
should be claimed from the contractor.
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