The Government intends to go after those contractors who damage public property while executing government contracts.
In a statement on Thursday, the Chambers of the Attorney General reminded that Article 32 of the Constitution of Guyana imposes a duty on the State to take care of and protect public property.
The Attorney General’s Chambers said In light of the “wanton destruction” of public property and the properties of public utilities by contractors in the execution of infrastructural projects and other public works, the Government has decided that with immediate effect, all contracts executed by the Government of Guyana, Public Authorities and State Agencies, shall contain express clauses that would compel contractors to repair and rehabilitate all damages or destruction caused or occasioned to any public property or the property of any public utility in the execution of their contracts.
Under the clauses, the contractors will be forced to restore the damaged property to the state it was in prior to the said damage or destruction.
The Clauses will further “provide that a breach by contractors shall empower and authorise the other party of the contract to assess the value of the damage or destruction caused, the public loss and inconveniences suffered and the cost of repairing and rehabilitating the damage or destruction in the manner aforesaid; and the total value shall be deducted from or levied against performance or other bonds lodged, retention securities provided, or from payments due under the contracts”, the statement said.
In a number of communities, citizens have been complaining about damage to roads and other infrastructure in their communities caused by contractors carrying out various government work.
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