The Office of the Contractor General (OCG) concluded its Special Investigation into the 4M Energy Saving and Light Bulb Distribution Project in February 2008.
Pursuant to the provisions which are contained in Section 28 (2) and Section 21 of the Contractor General Act, hard copies of the Report were formally conveyed by the Contractor General to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and to the President of the Senate on February 4, 2008, with a request that they be tabled in both Houses of Parliament “as soon as possible” in keeping with the requirements of Section 28 (3) of the Act.
The OCG was subsequently advised by the Office of the Clerk to the Houses of Parliament that the Report was not tabled in the House of Representatives until February 12, 2008 and in the Senate on February 15, 2008.
Pursuant to the expressed provisions which are contained in Section 20 (1) of the Contractor General Act, hard copies of the Report were also formally conveyed, on February 4, 2008, by the Contractor General, to the Minister with portfolio responsibility for Energy, Mining and Telecommunications, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Energy, Mining and Telecommunications, and the Group Managing Director of the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica.
Section 20 (1) of the Act provides that “after conducting an investigation under this Act, a Contractor General shall, in writing, inform the principal officer of the Public Body concerned and the Minister having responsibility therefor of the result of that investigation and make such recommendations as he considers necessary in respect of the matter which was investigated”.
Further, pursuant to the expressed provisions which are contained in Section 21 of the Contractor General Act, hard copies of the Report were also formally conveyed by the Contractor General, on February 4, 2008, to the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Commissioner of Police, the Commission for the Prevention of Corruption, the Auditor General and the Attorney General.
Section 21 of the Contractor General Act provides that “if a Contractor General finds, during the course of his investigations or on the conclusion thereof that there is evidence of a breach of duty or misconduct or criminal offence on the part of an officer or member of a Public Body, he shall refer the matter to the person or persons competent to take such disciplinary or other proceeding as may be appropriate against that officer or member and in all such cases shall lay a special report before Parliament”.
Now that the Report has been tabled in both Houses of Parliament, the Office of the Contractor General, acting in the public interest and in pursuance of the expressed statutory powers which are reserved to the Contractor General by Section 28 (4) of the Contractor General Act, hereby publishes, below, the referenced Special Report of Investigation into the 4M Energy Saving and Light Bulb Distribution Project.
Section 28 (4) of the Contractor General Act provides that “a Contractor General may, in the public interest, from time to time, publish in such manner as he thinks fit, reports relating to such matters as are mentioned in subsection (2) and any case which is the subject of a special report under Section 21, but no such report shall be published until after it has been laid pursuant to subsection (3)” in both Houses of Parliament.
Please click on the appropriate link below to read the OCG’s 4M Light Bulb Distribution Investigation Report.
Please also click on the appropriate links below to read about the false, damaging and unsubstantiated allegation which was made by the former Speaker of the House and current Opposition Member of Parliament, Mr. Michael Peart, on February 12, 2008, on the floor of the House of Representatives. Mr. Peart implicated the OCG and its staff in the unlawful leak of its own Investigation Report when he categorically stated that the OCG’s 4M Light Bulb Investigation Report was “emailed from the Contractor General’s Office” to the Media.
Although Mr. Peart was immediately called upon by the Contractor General to publicly adduce evidence to substantiate his widely published allegation, he was unable to do so. Indeed, formal investigations which were subsequently conducted into the matter by the OCG, and by the Office of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, found that the Report was in point of fact not leaked or emailed from the OCG as Mr. Peart had erroneously claimed.
At the March 18, 2008 sitting of the House of Representatives, Mr. Peart was formally requested by the Speaker of the House, the Hon. Delroy Chuck, to respond to these findings. Mr. Peart, in his response, unequivocally withdrew his allegation. Mr. Peart also expressed his "regret" for the remarks which he had made and for "any inconvenience" that his unfortunate and misleading allegation may have caused to the Office of the Contractor General.
PETCOM Report (December 2006/January 2007)
NSWMA Report (December 2006/January 2007)
NSWMA Report - Appendix (December 2006/January 2007)
First OCG Letter to PETCOM Chair's Attorneys (January 9, 2007)
Second OCG Letter to PETCOM Chair's Attorneys (January 9, 2007)
First OCG Letter to PETCOM's General Manager (January 15, 2007)
Second OCG Letter to PETCOM's General Manager (January 17, 2007)
Statement of the Contractor General to the Media Regarding PETCOM (January 18, 2007)
Letter to the Editor of the Observer Regarding PETCOM (February 13, 2007)
Third OCG Letter to PETCOM Chair's Attorneys (February 27, 2007)
Fourth OCG Letter to PETCOM Chair's Attorneys (March 1, 2007)
The Office of the Contractor General (OCG) concluded its Special Investigations into the procurement practices of the Petroleum Company of Jamaica (PETCOM) and the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) in December 2007.
Pursuant to Section 28(2) of the Contractor General Act, copies of the Reports were conveyed to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and to the President of the Senate, under cover of letters which were dated January 4, 2007.
The OCG was advised that the Reports were tabled in the House of Representatives on January 16, 2007 and in the Senate on January 19, 2007. In keeping with the powers which are reserved to the Contractor General under Section 28(4) of the Act, the OCG, in the public's interest, has published the Reports.
Please click on the links below to read either of the two Reports or specific OCG correspondence and media releases which are related to same.
Sandals Whitehouse Hotel Report (June 2006)
OCG Letter to UDC (July 18, 2006)
Open Letter to Media (August 2, 2006)
Media Release (August 16, 2006)
OCG Letter to UDC* (September 6, 2006)
OCG Letter to UDC* (September 14, 2006)
GOJ Procurement Regime/UDC* Contracts Award Time Line (September 2006)
OCG Letter to PAC* (September 25, 2006)
OCG Letter to DPP* (September 28, 2006)
OCG Letter to UDC* (September 29, 2006)
Media Release (November 8, 2006)
Media Release (November 14, 2006)
Addendum to Sandals Whitehouse Report (November 2006)
Addendum to Sandals Whitehouse Report - Appendices (November 2006)
OCG Letter to Media (December 19, 2006)
The Office of the Contractor General (OCG) concluded its Special Investigation into the Sandals Whitehouse Hotel Project in June of 2006.
Pursuant to Section 28 of the Contractor General Act, copies of the Report were conveyed to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and to the President of the Senate on July 12, 2006, with a request that they be tabled in Parliament. The OCG was advised that the Report was tabled in the House of Representatives on July 18, 2006 and in the Senate on July 20, 2006.
Arising out of the OCG's investigation and another investigation which was conducted by a Government appointed Forensic Audit team into the Project, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament took a decision to conduct formal hearings into the matter.
At its second, third and fourth hearings, which were convened on September 19, September 26 and October 3, 2006 respectively, the PAC heard submissions from the Contractor General. Six (6) documents were formally tabled by the Contractor General with the PAC during the referenced submissions (See documents listed below with an asterisk in their labels).
Additionally, the OCG prepared and submitted to Parliament, on November 10, 2006, an Addendum to its Report of Investigation into the Sandals Whitehouse Hotel Project. The OCG was advised that the Addendum was tabled in the House of Representatives on November 21, 2006 and in the Senate on November 24, 2006.
The OCG believes that it is imperative, in the public interest, that these documents, together with other OCG related correspondence which have been otherwise made public, are placed in one grouping on the OCG websites.
Please click on the appropriate link below to read or to download a PDF version of any of the listed OCG documents which are related to the Sandals Whitehouse Hotel Investigation.
