On Tuesday the minister said the independent team will be set up for a thorough, final review of all information gathered.
The issue of the contract became controversial after a lawyer for one of the companies that bid for it wrote the minister alleging bias in the award of the contract.
The minister promised an investigation. However officials have said no contract has actually been given to anyone although the evaluation has been completed.
Opposition Senator Fitzgerald Hinds told the Senate Wednesday while the government is saying no one has won the contract NP has terminated the contract of CDS, which had been performing the service for the company over the past 10 years.
He read a letter sent to CDS from the Secretary of the Tenders Committee. The letter to Premnath Dindial stated: “We are pleased to advise that your current contract for the lease of 20 tractors has been extended under the existing terms and conditions from 2011, January 1 to April 30, 2011, and thereafter from month- to-month.”
Hinds said that means NP terminated the CDS contract with effect from April 30.
In a media release Seepersad-Bachan said she has received the evaluation report, as well as other relevant reports. She has also heard the views of members of the NP board.
"I went through some issues with them but everything now is being forwarded to an independent team, which I appointed today (Wednesday), headed by Indira Rampaul-Chadee," the minister said.
Chadee is acting head of the legal division of the energy ministry. Other members are Reynold Mahadeo, Head of Audit of Production Sharing Contracts and Joyce Lynch, Legal Adviser.
The minister said she asked for a representative from Petrotrin and the state-energy company has recommended Deborah Persadie-Jones, Manager Commercial and Project Controls, who has expertise in the area of technical evaluations.
Seepersad-Bachan said, "My job is to ensure, through this Independent Team, that the company’s procedures were not breached in any way.”
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