No replacement for Ortega yet

THE Cebu provincial government’s bids and awards committee (BAC) will have a pre-bid conference for the Capitol’s security services contract at 8:30 a.m. today .

No replacement has been named yet for layer Orvi Ortega who stepped down last week as vice chairman. BAC chairman Mark Tolentino, the provincial administrator, said the committee is discussing the matter and will wait for Gov. Hilario Davide III’s decision on who will be appointed as replacement.

“We will still have to go through the Procurement Law, then we’ll see who the potential candidates are,” said Tolentino. To qualify for the post, candidates must have a “third ranking and should be a department official,” said Tolentino.

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