The government is doing what it can to expand the pool of qualified contractors that can successfully bid on large domestic and international projects, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Peter Turnquest said following the controversy surrounding the awarding of contracts to Bahamas Hot Mix for a water improvement project in the Family Islands.

Last week, the president of one of the companies that unsuccessfully bid on the three projects slated for Crooked Island and Long Island expressed frustration that his smaller company had lost out to the construction giant.

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