Please be advised that the 2011 Annual Report of the Contractor General was formally tabled in the Senate this morning, Friday, November 9, 2012.

The 1021 page Report was previously tabled in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, October 30, 2012.

In consequence, and acting in the public interest and in pursuance of the statutory powers which are vested in a Contractor General by Section 28 (4) of the Contractor General, the OCG has, effective today, formally published its 2011 Annual Report on its official website at www.ocg.gov.jm.

Please, therefore, feel free to access or to download the Report by simply clicking on the OCG’s Annual Reports Link at http://www.ocg.gov.jm/ocg/annual_reports.php .

On the website, the Report is presented in its entirety, as well as a 68 page extract therefrom which is entitled “Contractor General’s Introductory Remarks”.

Please also be advised that the OCG will, today, commence its distribution of limited hard copies of its 2011 Annual Report to stakeholder representatives.

The Office of the Contractor General (OCG) is essentially comprised of the administrative, technical and secretarial personnel who are retained and employed by the Contractor General to assist him in the discharge of his respective functions and mandates under the Contractor General Act.

Presently, the staff organization of the OCG is structured into 6 divisions.

• Finance and Administration
• Technical Services
• The Inspectorate for Construction Contracts
• The Inspectorate for Non Construction Contracts, Licenses and Permits
• Investigations Division
• Information Systems

The OCG, through its Technical Services Division, also acts as the secretariat for the National Contracts Commission (NCC). The NCC is a separate and distinct independent Commission whose primary objectives are the “promotion of efficiency in the process of award and implementation of government contracts and ensuring transparency and equity in the awarding of such contracts”.

The OCG ensures that all of the NCC’s technical, administrative and human resource services requirements are fully satisfied to enable it to effectively and efficiently accomplish its objectives and mandates under the law.