Tender documents from Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) for the May 11, 2015 polls continue to show a total disregard when it comes to managing taxpayers’ dollars.The payments of millions of dollars in inventory and services have a pattern of not only collusion within GECOM but with contractors too.According to one set of tender documents, dated February 18, 2015, GECOM wrote the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) asking for approval to purchase stationery.Not only does the price appear to be highly inflated but the actual tender documents are highly questionable.In the first instance, GECOM in its letter to NPTAB, sought approval for “stationery” to be used in various departments to ensure work in done in a “timely manner”.There was no explanation of what stationery meant. However, additional documents said that the stationery was photo paper. The photo paper is essential for GECOM registration workers who carry a mobile photo printer around when visiting homes.GECOM said that it received quotations from a number of “reputable suppliers”. The quotations include from Supply Depot, for $9.1M; Computers and Controls Limited for $5.24M and M-Tech Business Solutions for $13.91M.GECOM insisted that it wanted the “stationery” within three days but both Supply Depot and Computer and Controls were unable to make the delivery in time.GECOM reportedly ordered this photo paper, paying more than three times the price.The only business that could make it happen was M-Tech Business Solutions, the highest bidder.It was unclear why GECOM wanted the photo paper in three days.What was even stranger in the case of the quotations from Supply Depot and Computer and Controls Limited was that they were almost the same.Supply Depot, which gave an address of 300 Meadowbrook Gardens, said it could supply 80 units of Canon Selphy Printer CP 910 for $3,920,000; 77 units of Canon PowerShot Elph-150 IS 20 megapixel for a total $4,004,000 and 80 units of Canon Photo paper and Ink Kit for $1,192,000. The total amount of that quote was for $9,116,000.The quote from Computers and Controls Limited was remarkably the same – 80 Canon Selphy Printer for $4M; 77 Canon Powershot A590- NA and 80 Canon photo paper KP108 for $1,240,000. The total was for $5,240,000.The winning tender, of course, was M-Tech Business Solutions.That Water Street business, owned by Michael Brasse, quoted for 30 cases of what it said is Canon Print Kit.Insider’s KnowledgeHow M-Tech knew that GECOM wanted that specific brand of photo paper is unclearwith each case containing 20 kits, M-Tech said that price including VAT as $13,916,520.Although the letter to NPTAB is signed by Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield, there are indications that actual groundwork for collecting the quotes was carried out by other staffers within GECOM’s Secretariat.In addition, GECOM strangely wanted the ink within three days. It would be questionable also why Laparkan Office Supplies was not approached for the photo paper.Laparkan is the local authorised dealer for Canon products.Online, the photo paper is retailing for US$28.50 ($6500) for a small box. With 20 in a case, as indicated by GECOM, using an $8,Wholesale Jerseys From China,000 price, the photo paper could have been acquired for $4.8M. Even using the base price of $10,000, the cost would have been $6M.Then again,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, the prices quoted are retail.This transaction is similar to several others by GECOM last year. Several weeks ago, the Audit Office of Guyana launched a major probe into a $100M contract for communications radios.The radios barely made it in time for elections but from all indications were never deployed.The radios appeared to be in poor condition. Queries were raised over whether they were even working.From evidence, a fake quotation purportedly from Massy Technologies was slipped in for the radio tender. Massy recently said it can find no evidence that it submitted any quotes for the radios last year.GECOM bypassed the local dealer for the Barrett radios when it decided to recommend Mobile Authority, another business owned by Brasse, for the contract.Another set of contracts being perused by auditors were for the supply of Duracell ‘D’ batteries for $29,061,480.From details of the tender documents submitted by GECOM, not only did the entity accept two quotes from Mobile Authority and Standard Distributors, it also received one from a business named A1 Imports, which is listed to a Robb Street address linked to Brasse.Brasse’s brother,Wholesale Jerseys, Mahendra,Wholesale Stitched Jerseys, owns Standard Distributors, a King Street business.A 1 Imports,Wholesale Authentic Jerseys, which supplied a quote, has an