Robinson-Regis challenges housing ministers to answer for HDC contracts

For­mer Hous­ing Min­is­ter Camille Robin­son-Reg­is has chal­lenged Min­is­ter in the Min­istry of Hous­ing Phillip Alexan­der to ex­plain how the Hous­ing De­vel­op­ment Cor­po­ra­tion (HDC) vet­ted con­trac­tors se­lect­ed for a $3.48 bil­lion hous­ing pro­gramme, af­ter an Of­fice of Pro­cure­ment Reg­u­la­tion (OPR) in­quiry found de­fi­cien­cies in the process.

Robin­son-Reg­is said Alexan­der’s claim that the con­trac­tors were pre-qual­i­fied did not ad­dress the OPR’s find­ings, which in­clud­ed in­ad­e­quate ev­i­dence of fi­nan­cial and tech­ni­cal as­sess­ments and 30 pre-qual­i­fi­ca­tion ap­provals grant­ed on the day ap­pli­ca­tions were sub­mit­ted.

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Alexan­der dis­missed claims raised by Robin­son-Reg­is in Par­lia­ment dur­ing a vis­it to a hous­ing com­mu­ni­ty on Sun­day.