The Federal Government has approved new guidelines for the debarment of contractors, consultants and service providers, outlining six grounds that could lead to their exclusion from Federal Government procurement for between three and five years.
The grounds include offering bribes or other benefits to influence procurement decisions, conviction for fraud, wilful failure to perform contractual obligations, a history of unsatisfactory performance, falsification of documents and debarment by a multilateral organisation.
The directive was contained in a circular titled “Implementation of the National Guideline on Debarment of Contractors,” signed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume.
The circular was addressed to the Chief of Staff to the President, Deputy Chief of Staff to the President, Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Principal Secretary to the President, ministers and ministers of state, National Security Adviser, Economic Adviser to the President, special advisers and senior special assistants.
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