IC wants probe of single-source contracts
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October 14, 2026
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Declaring that competition was the exception in the awarding of government contracts last year, Kevon Stephenson, director of investigation at the Integrity Commission, says in 2025, single-source procurement, including emergency contracting, accounted for 69.2 per cent of contracts by number and 27.3 per cent by value.
By contrast, open competitive bidding accounted for 4.1 per cent of contracts by number.
In a special report to Parliament, Stephenson highlighted that single-source procurement has accounted for about two-thirds of contracts in every year since 2017.
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