{
  "id": 14380896,
  "title": "IC wants probe of single-source contracts",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/ic-wants-probe-of-single-source-contracts",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-14T05:07:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Jamaica Gleaner",
    "slug": "jamaica-gleaner",
    "url": "http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20261014/ic-wants-probe-single-source-contracts"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Declaring that competition was the exception in the awarding of government contracts last year, Kevon Stephenson, director of investigation at the Integrity Commission, says in 2025, single-source procurement, including emergency contracting, accounted for 69.2 per cent of contracts by number and 27.3 per cent by value. By contrast, open competitive bidding accounted for 4.1 per cent of contracts…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}