Georgetown: Government has sued Lawrence ‘Larry’ Singh who is a licensed arms and ammunition for failing to supply more than GYD$369M in arms and ammunition to the Guyana Defence Force between 2014 and 2016.
According to court papers filed by Attorney General Anil Nandlall, the National Procurement and Tender Administration (NPTAB) had granted approval for the GDF to sole source the supplies and three contracts had been awarded to Singh.
Based on a contract dated 15th December, 2014 signed by Colonel John Flores on behalf of the GDF, while Singh had undertaken to supply
“The respondent has failed and/ or refused to supply the number of weapons and ammunition for which he has received payment and he is indebted to the Guyana Defence Force in the manner more particularly set out in the Statement of Claim,” the Attorney General says.
Under the State Liability Act, Mr. Singh is being sued for GYD$369,604, 271. The court document shows that he was paid GYD$380,527,421.
The Attorney General said repeated efforts to secure a refund have been futile. Singh had contractually undertaken to be solely responsible for the shipment of the weapons from countries of origin to Guyana, and to ensure the correct weapons are delivered within 150 days after the Bill of Laden is provided.
These weapons include 500 AK47 rifles, 200,000 balls of 7.62X51 ammunition, 50 9MM Taurus pistols, 500 10p-gauge blank cartridges, and 50,000 9-mm ammunition amongst others.
To date the court papers stated that Singh has so far supplied 500 10-gauge blank cartridges, 200 12-guage blank cartridges, 50 9MM Glock pistols with a total value of GYD$10,923,150.
The embattled businessman, Lawrence ‘Larry’ Singh in 2018 made the news over the questionable procurement of multi-million-dollar contract from the State for the rental of drugs bond at Sussex Street Charlestown.
The deal with Singh to rent the Sussex Street property for use as a drug bond was said to have been initiated by the APNU+AFC government because extra storage capacity for drugs was needed. This was despite that fact that a government bond existed at Diamond on the East Bank where more pharmaceuticals could be stored.
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