The attention of the Cabinet of Ministers was focused on the report submitted by the officials’ committee on the undermentioned matters relating to a company which has been appointed to provide consultancy services.

•The relevant company has been selected without a competitive bidding process
•The company has got itself registered as a company under the Registrar of Companies and the Sri Lanka Architects Institute only after selecting it to provide advisory services.
•The relevant authorities have not entered into a proper agreement to obtain the services of the said company, and
•To obtain the advisory services for the entire project it has been decided to pay the said company a sum of Rs. 606.032 Million. Although a sum of Rs. 509.926 (83% of the amount to be paid) has been paid as of 31.05.2015 by now only 30.02% relating to the project has been carried out so far.

The Cabinet of Ministers decided to carry out an investigation on the aforementioned matters pointed out in the officials’ committee report on the said Advisory Company and take appropriate legal action based on the results of proposed investigation.