00:00RDC's Chairman Rees Patel confirmed that full audits are underway into roughly $33 million in contracts, many allegedly linked through
00:09common owners or directors.
00:10He told the Sunday Express the company expects resistance as it moves to enforce stricter governance.
00:17One arrangement now under scrutiny involves a security company that continued providing services for more than four years after its
00:24contract expired.
00:26The original deal, signed in April 2021, was worth $1.3 million a year.
00:32It expired in 2022 but the company kept working on a month-to-month basis.
00:37Then in January 2025, it raised its fees citing minimum wage changes without any new contract or written approval.
00:45Patel says the situation escalated when RDC received a pre-action protocol letter from the company's attirees earlier this year.
00:52That triggered internal legal reviews and consultations with the Attorney General's office.
00:58In response, RDC put its security needs through a new procurement process.
01:02The incumbent provider was invited to bid but lost.
01:05Its arrangements will end on September 30th.
01:09Patel insists the move is not about cutting security but also about regularizing services under proper legal and procurement frameworks.
01:16He says the audits are part of a wider clean-up of inherited practices aimed at restoring transparency and accountability
01:23at the state company.
01:25The RDC chairman maintains that while the company expects pushback,
01:29its new leadership is determined to ensure contracts are properly awarded and managed going forward.
01:35Mark Bessant, TV6 News.
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