The Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board, LASUBEB, yesterday held an online bid opening session for the year 2019/2029 Universal basic Education Board, UBEC/LASUBEB intervention projects.
The event held at the LASUBEB Multi-Purpose Hall, Maryland, Ikeja – Lagos, not only engaged various public service providers on building and rehabilitation of public primary schools in the state, but was also held to ensure the selection of qualified and competent bidders.
Executive Chairman of LASUBEB, Hon. Wahab Alawiye-King, in his remarks, stated that the procurement process of bidding is in line with the Lagos State Public Procurement Law, and extant Federal Government guidelines on public procurement processes.
Hon. Alawiye-King noted that the intervention projects are jointly funded by the Federal and state governments, stating that the e- procurement processes will enhance transparency, probity and value for money in procuring the contracts.
He said, “This process is to eliminate favoritism, avoid misuse of public funds and stimulate advantageous market place competition in the delivery of critical infrastructure in the state and in the basic education sub-sector in particular.”
The LASUBEB boss disclosed that over 106 bidders applied for construction of blocks of classrooms, rehabilitation of blocks of classrooms, supply of furniture and drilling of boreholes with overhead tanks for public primary schools.
While declaring open the bid letters and documents submitted by the contractors online, Alawiye-King made it known that the projects being bidded for under the Y2019/2020 intervention projects were to ensure that public primary education meets global standards.
He affirmed that stringent rules had been put in place by the government to ensure that no project would be left undone.
The Executive Secretary of the UBEC, Mr. Hamid Bobboyi, ably represented by Mr. Sunday Joshua Arema, averred that following stipulated procurement procedures would help in the fight against corruption, inefficiency, and also allow the emergence of credible service providers, who would execute projects according to specifications.
