[Boniface Okendo, Standard]The Public Procurement Administrative Review Board (PPARB) has dismissed an appeal by Tunasco Insaat Anonim Sirketi (Tunasco) seeking to nullify a tender awarded by Kenya Medical Supply Authority (KEMSA) to China Railway No.10 Engineering Group. “The Public Procurement Administrative Review Board (PPARB) has dismissed an appeal filed by Tunasco against an award by KEMSA for the tender for Supply Installation and Commissioning of Racking System and Associated works on grounds that the appeal lacked merit,” read a statement by KEMSA. Tunasco cited breaching of sections of the procurement act in evaluating the company’s application and even argued that an additional item, Addendum No. 1 dated April 30, 2020, 15 days after advertisement of the tender, omitted the requirement for manuals and materials certificates from the tender document and the criteria for evaluation. However, KEMSA confirmed that the Addendum No.1 only removed manuals and material certificates from the mandatory preliminary examination requirements.

Source: Standard Digital July 13, 2020 13:26 UTC