–    tells KN reporter to ?shut up!?Minister of Health Dr. Bheri Ramsaran and his Permanent Secretary Leslie Cadogan last evening refused to answer key questions regarding the conditions under which Surendra Engineering Corporation Limited was recommended for the US$18.2 million specialty hospital.Health Minister Dr. Bheri Ramsaran (left) and Permanent Secretary Leslie Cadogan at yesterday?s press conference.Unable to answer a pertinent question regarding bid security,[url=http://www.cheapjerseysshare.us@#$%&/]NFL Jerseys Supply[/url], Minister Ramsaran attempted to close the press conference, when the Kaieteur News reporter interjected to say that he had further questions. Dr. Ramsaran stated emphatically that it was his Ministry?s press conference. When he was reminded that it was his Ministry that called the press conference to answer questions regarding the bidding process, and that Kaieteur News was not going to listen to his statements if he would not take the questions, the Minister told this publication?s reporter to ?shut up!?At this point, the Kaieteur News reporter opted to walk out of the press conference, with Minister Ramsaran declaring that he would not be bullied and scared by the reporter. The reporter replied that he would not be bullied or scared by the Minister either.The question that caused the stumbling block for the Minister and his Permanent Secretary was whether Surendra Engineering had complied with the stipulations in the bid documents regarding bid security.Surendra Engineering has two major contracts with the government, namely the controversial US$12.5 Enmore Packaging Plant and a US$4 million contract to deliver pumps for the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority.Mr. Cadogan disclosed that at a pre-bid meeting on April 23,[url=http://www.salecheapjerseys.us@#$%&/]NFL Jerseys Cheap[/url], 2012, it was stated that the bid security (the equivalent of 2% of US$20 million) would have to come from a bank in India.However, Clause 13:2 under Bid Security on the bid documents,[url=http://www.nfljerseyscheaponline.us@#$%&/]Cheap Jerseys Online[/url], states that the banking institution in India must have ?correspondent financial institution located in the employer?s country (namely Guyana) to make it enforceable.?If the bidder does not satisfy this requirement, Clause 13:3 of the said bid documents states that if the bid security requirements are not met, it ?shall be rejected?as being non-responsive.?Neither the Minister nor the Permanent Secretary would say which local bank endorsed the bid security by Surendra Engineering. Repeated questions for clarification on this issue yielded no clear answer. Instead, the Permanent Secretary resorted to stating the reason why another bidder, Fedders Lloyd Corporation, was not awarded the bid.It was Fedders Lloyd, upon learning that it had not secured the contract, which declared publicly that it would contest the award of the contract.On Wednesday,[url=http://www.chinanfljerseysauthentic.us@#$%&/]Cheap NFL Jerseys China Wholesale[/url], it was reported that Fedders Lloyd Corporation Ltd of India, the lowest bidder for the contract to build the country?s specialty hospital,[url=http://www.cheapjerseysauthenticonline.us@#$%&/]Jerseys NFL China[/url], was skipped over in favour of Surendra Engineering.Cabinet Secretary Dr. Roger Luncheon made the announcement that Cabinet has offered its ?no objection? to the award of the contract to the value of $18.1 million. He did not announce the name of the bidder, but that amount was put in by Surendra Engineering Corporation Limited.However, yesterday Cadogan, who chaired the evaluation committee, said that was not officially communicated to him.The lowest bid to construct the specialty hospital on Lower East Coast Demerara was put in by Fedders Lloyd, a US$500 million group in India. The company put in a bid of US$23.2 million with a 23 per cent discount. That put its final bid cost at US$17.6 million.Mr. Cadogan at first stated that Fedders Lloyd put in the second highest bid, but when it was pointed out to him that at the bid opening, the discount was announced, he did not pursue that statement further.Cadogan said the contracts are awarded on two bases ? technical and administrative. As for Fedders Lloyd, he said that company did not meet one (1) qualification under the administrative assessment.  He added that it is the job of the National Procurement and Tender Board Administration to inform the winning bidder. In addition, he said the other bidders would be informed about why their bid was not successful and they would have an opportunity to make their case.Fedders Lloyd put in its bid in association with Nous Hospital Consultants, an Indian company which specializes in health care projects.When Mr. Cadogan was asked about Surendra Engineering?s lack of experience in building hospitals, he said that the evaluation committee regarded what was put before them.According to the Permanent Secretary, since the hospital is being funded with a line of credit of US$18 million from India,[url=http://www.chinanfljerseysauthentic.us@#$%&/]Cheap NFL Jerseys China[/url], only Indian companies were allowed to bid for the project.