Nursing Council’s regulation tender awarded to lowest bidder; NA told

ISLAMABAD, Jan 16 (APP): Federal Parliamentary Secretary for National Health Dr Nelson Azeem on Thursday informed the National Assembly that the tender for the regulations of the Nursing Council was transparently awarded to the lowest bidder.

Replying to the question of Member National Assembly Syed Rafiullah, Nelson told the House that five parties had applied for the tender of which four had submitted bids, adding one party was rejected while of the remaining two parties, the bid was awarded to the lowest party.

He added that no party had filed any suit in the court while no complaint was registered against the tender bid.

The parliamentary secretary said that the tender process was transparent and was awarded to the lowest bidder.