Integrity Commission flags $11.5 billion in same-day single-source contracts
Originally published by The Gleaner Read the original
The Integrity Commission has reported that in 2025 there were 1,618 instances in which a procuring entity made two or more single source awards to the same contractor on the same day, amounting to 4,317 contracts valued at $11.5 billion. Director of Investigation at the Integrity Commission, Kevon Stephenson, reported that in the most pronounced cases, 19 awards were made to one contractor on a single day. He said the instances were spread evenly across the four quarters, and are not therefore e