Shadow Labour and Home Affairs spokesman Michael Dunkley last night vowed never to give up until all of the questions were answered over the tendering of the Berkeley Institute contract.

He said he still had 11 questions that had not been properly addressed over the issue, and said if Government was not forthcoming, his party would table them in the House of Assembly.

The United Bermuda Party MP said he had no grudge to bear towards ProActive Management Systems Ltd, which was awarded the $70 million deal on Monday, but said he wanted to be sure Government had followed the proper tendering process.

And he said despite promising to be transparent, Works and Engineering Minister Alex Scott had skirted around some of the questions, instead saying that ProActive should be the ones to answer them.

However, calls to ProActive yesterday from The Royal Gazette were at first not picked up, and then not returned.

The company has so far refused to speak about the issue.

Questions asked by Mr. Dunkley include; why the tendering and contract process had taken so long; how could Government justify accepting a bid that cost $5 million more; and which company did the technical officers recommend? The Royal Gazette understands that the officers did not recommend ProActive.

But Mr. Dunkley also wants to know which insurance company put up the bond for ProActive, and why it was formed purely for that purpose.

And he said as ProActive was chosen partly because of its commitment to hiring Bermudians, he wanted to know whether the company had the staff to do the work, and how many people it would take to complete the 27-month job.

He said: "Our concerns are not aimed at ProActive specifically, but more at how the minister has handled this tendering process.

"Government should be about being open and honest, and one of the things this Government has forgotten is that they were elected by the people. They were not put there by someone from on high.

"All the public wants to know is what is going on. If they want to be as transparent as they always claimed they would be, then they should be answering all of the questions, not skirting around them or passing them on to someone else.

"Clearly, Government would like to move on and close the issue, but we are not going to let that happen.

"The Government is there for the people, and people should not be intimidated in any way. They should be man enough to speak out if they have concerns.

"In no way are we trying to be vindictive - we just want answers.'' It was claimed in the Press that Cabinet was split over which company should get the deal. Allegations were levied that Government was under pressure to give ProActive the job because it's principals were PLP supporters, despite it putting in a bid $5 million more than that of BermudaTech.