BENJAMIN YAW’ OBENG vs. KORLE BU TEACHING HOSPITAL [2017]DLHC3471

Date	2017-11-13
Suit No.	SUIT NO.AC/278/14
Citation No.	[2017]DLHC3471

HIS LORDSHIP ERIC KYEI BAFFOUR JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT

[2017]DLHC3471
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><a name="OLE_LINK1">BENJAMIN
YAW’ OBENG<o:p></o:p></a>vs.<o:p></o:p>KORLE BU TEACHING HOSPITAL<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[HIGH COURT (GENERAL
DIIVISION 7), ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SUIT
NO.AC/278/14&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;DATE: 13TH NOVEMBER, 2017<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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HIS LORDSHIP ERIC KYEI BAFFOUR JUSTICE
OF THE HIGH COURT<o:p></o:p>

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JUDGEMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>Plaintiff
claims the following reliefs endorsed on its writ issued against the defendants
the following:<o:p></o:p><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="1">
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">An order for the payment of the sum of
 Ghc31,500.00 by the Defendant jointly and severally being sum due the
 Plaintiff for the supply of printing to the Defendant<o:p></o:p></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">Interest from the 1st April, 2013 to
 date of final payment<o:p></o:p></li>
</ol>In the amended statement of claim
Plaintiff claim to be operating a printing press as a sole proprietor under the
name Kwahuman printing press. With Defendant as a leading teaching hospital in
Ghana it invited him sometime in February, 2013 to submit a sealed bid for the
supply of printing items being NHIS Form J, Post Mortem Forms, Operation Record
Forms and Costing Sheet. Plaintiff claim to have duly complied and his bid
accepted to supply 150,000 NHIS Forms J which he supplied all the quantities he
was asked to supply and provided a waybill and a final invoice for an amount of
Ghc31,000.00 for which the head of Procurement in Defendant establishment
instructed that the stores should not take delivery without any tangible
reasons. To Plaintiff numerous letters written and efforts made to retrieve his
money has not been successful and hence his claim before the court.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Defendant who entered appearance through
its lawyer denied that it was indebted to the Plaintiff as it never awarded any
contract to the Plaintiff for the supply of materials. It threw further light
on its defence by stating that it sometime in February, 2013 its Procurement
Unit invited sealed quotations for the supply of printing items. With Plaintiff
being one of the candidates he did not meet the criteria as Plaintiff failed to
furnish them with tax clearance certificate and other relevant documentations.
Defendant further averred that by a special arrangement it made Plaintiff
supply some critical items as a matter of urgency as they had ran out and
needed to be supplied immediately and made plaintiff to supply them as&nbsp; stop gap but not that it had won the
contract. Defendant admitted owing Plaintiff for supplying 27,000 copies of
NHIS Form J only and payment would be made upon delivery of SSNIT, TCC and
Tender Forms.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>With the closure of pleadings the
following issues were set down for determination:<o:p></o:p><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="1">
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;">Whether or not
 defendant awarded Plaintiff contract to supply 150,000 NHIS forms.<o:p></o:p></li>
</ol><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="2" type="1">
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;">Whether the
 5,000 and 22,000 forms received by the Defendant forms part of 150,000
 forms<o:p></o:p></li>
</ol><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="3" type="1">
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;">Whether or not
 the Plaintiff provided his SSNIT Registration Forms, tax Clearance and
 Tender forms to the defendant in satisfaction of the bid conditions.<o:p></o:p></li>
</ol><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="4" type="1">
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;">Whether or not
 Kwawuman Printing Press is a company.<o:p></o:p></li>
</ol><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="5" type="1">
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;">Whether or not
 Plaintiff was entitled to his claim<o:p></o:p></li>
</ol><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="6" type="1">
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;">