The Department of Finance is preparing for the implementation of the Procurement and
Asset Disposal Act No. 19 of 2015. The Procurement & Asset Disposal Act will repeal
the Procurement and Stores Regulations (Statutory Instrument No. 37 of 1997).
Saint Lucia will soon lead the Eastern Caribbean Region with the modernization of government’s Electronic Public Procurement Application (e-GP). The procurement software will make public procurement procedures faster and transparent while improving the competitiveness of public procurement by private sector companies.
The Government of St. Lucia has continued its collaboration with the World Bank in the implementation of the Caribbean Digital Transformation Project. This project aims to deliver a dynamic, inclusive and safe digital economy requiring a comprehensive ecosystem approach which simultaneously builds on several interlocking foundations namely the: Digital Infrastructure, Digital Platforms, Digital Financial Services, Digital Skills, and Digital Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
The objective of the sub-project is to rehabilitate the present structure located at Blanchard to able to provide improved services to the people of Blanchard and its environs. The existing dilapidated centre has been no functional for the last six years, due to damages caused to the Community Centre by weather related phenomena such as storms, hurricanes
and seismic events over the years. To provide access, the Department of Economic
Development has engaged professional services for the rehabilitation and possible enhancements/upgrades to the Blanchard Community Centre. Through this consultancy the Department seeks to enable the reconstruction of the Community Centre, enabling the centre to function primarily as an emergency shelter capable of providing continuity of service to
approximately 350 patrons.