Bridge for Amaila Falls project…Engineer’s estimate US$1.8M, T&T company bids US$37M

Oct 31, 2012 News

Under the Ministry of Public Works, three bids were opened yesterday for the procurement of works for the Amaila Falls Hydro Electric Project (AFHEP) for the design and building of the Kuribrong Bridge. Envirotech of Trinidad submitted a bid for $7.4B (US$37M) with the engineer’s estimate being US$1.8M.

The bids were opened by the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB), Ministry of Finance, Main Street.

The engineer’s estimate was US$1,828,000 and the bids:

*Bidder*	*Amount*
Dynamic Engineering Company Ltd	$393.1M
C&H Engineering and Construction Company Inc.	$2.8B (Billion)
Envirotech of Trinidad	$7.4B (Billion)

Meanwhile, in the security sector, the Ministry of Home Affairs under the Citizens Security Programme also received bids for the supply and delivery of forensic laboratory and (IT) equipment. The bids were divided into 14 lots.

The bids are as follows:

*Bidder*	*Amount*
CCS Guyana Ltd	Lots 1-13 $20.2MLot 14-$7.8M
Digital Technology of Guyana	Lots 1-13 US$69,257Lot 14 US$73,032
N.T Computech of Guyana	Lots 1-13 US$20.6MLot 14 US$19.5M
Clever Solutions Ltd of Trinidad	Lot (2) US$12,700Lot (4) US$227,586.08¢Lot (5) US$9, 230.03¢Lot (6) US$11,480.62¢ Lot (7) US$17,750 Lot (10) US$346,607
Western Scientific Company Ltd	Lots 1-12 US$1.4M
Analogic Solutions of Trinidad	Lots 1-14 US$429,526.10¢
IPA of Guyana	Lots 1,2,5,6,7,8,9,11&14 US$1M
Agmin Srl of Italy	Lot (1) US$786,585Lot (2) US$25,600Lot (5) US$32,780Lot (6) US$18, 279 Lot (7) US$55,100 Lot (9) US$51,868 Lot (11) US$89,472
Flexilab SaBECB of Mexico	Lot (10) US$384,379.92¢Lot (12) US$146,761.06¢
Scaler Scientific and Technical Ltd of Trinidad	Lots 1,2,5,6,7,9&11 US$871,787.12¢
Global Corporation of Netherlands	Lot (3) US$255,000Lot (4) US$226,750
Fisher Scientific	Lot (6) US$13,347.47¢Lot (11) US$60,660.47¢Lot (12) US$223,409.67¢
Industrial and Technical Supplies of Jamaica	Lots (2) US$16,264Lots (5) US$15,363.46¢Lots (6) US$9,482.13¢Lots (7) US$44,938.80¢ Lots (8) US$32,750 Lots (9) US$52,335.31¢ Lots (10) US$86,436 Lot (11) US$54,562.56¢

Last year April, the Guyana Government signed a $450M contract with Courtney Benn Contracting Services Limited for the construction of a forensic laboratory at the University of Guyana, Turkeyen Campus.

The construction of the laboratory was funded by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in partnership with the Guyana Government.