Contractor General Greg Christie, will decide today on the course of action he will be taking against the Urban Development Corporation (UDC) for its failure to provide documentary evidence to prove that consultants engaged on the controversial Sandals Whitehouse project were hired prior to the establishment of public sector procurement guidelines.

Mr. Christie had challenged the Government entity to support claims made in a full-page advertisement published in The Gleaner earlier this month, making such assertions.

No documents yet

Late yesterday evening, Mr. Christie told The Gleaner that he had not yet received any documents from the UDC or any telephone call on the matter. He said correspondence could however be submitted late in the night.

He refused to say what action would be taken against the agency if it fails to comply with the request. The Gleaner however understands that members of the UDC could face criminal charges for failure to comply.

The Contractor General in a letter released at Parliament's Public Accounts Committee on Tuesday, considering the $43.3 million cost overruns on the project, had said that the UDC in the advertisement, was deliberately misleading the public on the matter of its procurement activities as they relate to the Sandals Whitehouse project.

The Contractor General had also maintained that he had authentic UDC document which materially challenged the accuracy of the assertion made in the advertisement.