The Auditor-General has found $3.2 million worth of food packs purchased by government under the Administration of COVID-19 Food Ration to targeted lockdown areas and those in home isolation was done according to the books.
The Auditor-General has stated this in a Compliance Report that was tabled in Parliament recently.
“Audit noted that the food ration was procured according to the prescribed procedures for Emergency purchases to ensure timely availability of the required quantity of quality rations at approved prices,” the report states.
“Most of the companies engaged were also approved suppliers of general food items for the whole of government.
“Audit review of the procurement process which was undertaken by MoF at the time of procurement of rations revealed that the tender process was waived in accordance with Procurement Regulations — Section 32 with respect to Emergency Purchases.”
