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The Department of Tourism (DOT) admits it didn’t go through the proper contract awarding process for the 2009 Jazz Fest.
Acting Director, Shomari Scott, says it’s because the department wanted international singing sensation Alicia Keys that it didn’t go to the Central Tendering Committee.
In one of Cayman’s biggest concerts ever, Alicia Keys performed back in 2009 at Camana Bay headlining Jazz Fest. CNS reports Mr. Scott explained to the Public Accounts Committee that DOT had not gone through the normal process before it awarded the contract to BET.
The production company came as a package with the award winning artist.
That contract was worth over $1.2 million; however, the auditor general points out that mechanisms exist for such unique circumstances.
The department only had to submit a business case for a sole supplier.
