'To force a public entity to award a contract based on a low price at the expense of compliance, operational viability, undermines the integrity of national public economic interests.'
By
Joseph Wangui
Correspondent
Nation Media Group
A spreadsheet error has cost Finnish manufacturer Kalmar Finland Oy a Sh947 million Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) contract for supply of 14 container-handling machines.
Dispute arose over the Sh362 million tender for the supply and maintenance of 15 forklift trucks.
The dispute stemmed from a June 2012 contract under which Inter Tropical was to supply 29,500 treated poles to Kenya Power for…
The High Court in Mombasa has allowed KPA to procure multi-million-dollar heavy port-operation machinery through restricted…
The move comes as the government seeks to tighten oversight of procurement, which accounts for about 60 percent of public…
CAK boss says it has enough powers to probe anti-competitive conduct.
Kenya Ports Authority argues that the contract for the 1.8 kilometre project was competitively awarded to the lowest bidder and…
