Commenting on the NParks bike purchase incident and guidelines from the Ministry of Finance on Government's procurement process, SMU Associate Professor Leong Kwong Sin said that the amount of time given to companies for quotations and tender of complicated projects should be reasonably longer. Prof Leong felt that Government agencies should also exercise "due diligence", and find out the number of suitable vendors available, which would help to ascertain market prices.
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