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Bids opened for modernised DPP offices, low-cost homes

Aug 17, 2011 News

– CCTV for medical supplies’ bonds

The government is installing surveillance cameras at a number of its multi-million-dollar medical supplies’ bonds to boost security.
Yesterday, bids for this and other contracts, including the construction of several core homes for poor families, were opened by officials of the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board, Ministry of Finance building, Main Street.
Bids were also opened for a major upgrade of the offices of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), under the Modernisation of the Justice Administration System (MJAS).
Under the MJAS, the updating of key records and the creation of more efficient DPP offices, with space for more officers, are on the agenda.
The bids opened will see the rehabilitation of the DPP’s offices in Georgetown, Berbice and Essequibo.
The Engineer’s estimate for the project is $27,120,555 while the bids opened yesterday were:

Bidder

Amount
Mike Lall                             $26,797,450
BB New Approach and General Constr. Inc.                             $20,237,560
AAV Ragubir General Construction                             $24,631,243
Horizon Electrical Associates and General Construction Company                             $24,830,185

Several low-cost homes are being built for poor families with applicants having to satisfy the pre-conditions. The homes, over 40 of them, are to be built in Westminster on the West Bank of Demerara, and in Area ‘B’ Lusignan, and Section ‘EE’ Nonpareil, on the East Coast of Demerara.
The Engineer’s estimate for the five lots total $72,563,906 and the bids opened were:

Bidder

Amount
Novad Investments                              $77,061,490
Omari’s Lumber and Construction Services                              $70,059,660
Super B Builders and General Contractors                              $73,094,463
Alvin Chowramootoo Construction Services                              $84,511,770
Ash Civil Engineering Works                              $11,596,775
Ivor Allen                              $74,745,825

The Ministry of Health has issued tenders for the supply and delivery of closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras for its bonds. The bids submitted were:

Bidder

Amount
NT Computeac                       Lot 1     $793,420Lot 2  $1,625,678
Netcom Computer City                       Lot 1     $704,190Lot 2  $2,506,402
Vishnu Panday and Associates                       Lot 1     $921,372Lot 2     ————
Meditron Scientific Sales                       Lot 1   $1,048,500Lot 2   $2,063,712

The Ministry of Health also issued tenders for the supply of a generating set:

Bidder

Amount
Tels Engineering Services                           $10,818,644
Farms Supplies Limited                             $9,764,505
Machine Corp of Guyana                             $9,214,986
General Marine Company Limited                             $8,724, 641

And there were four (4) bids for the construction of a market tarmac at Haslington, East Coast Demerara with the Engineer’s estimate standing at $18,890,762:

Bidder

Amount
Alvin Chowramootoo Construction Services                            $14,831,009
G. Bovell Construction Services                            $19,330,304
KB&B Contractors Inc                            $14,915,960
Khemraj Garbaran                            $16,684,944
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