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Road to Amaila Falls attracts billion-dollar bids
Five bids for the Construction/Rehabilitation of the Amaila Falls Access Road were opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) yesterday.
Under the Ministry of Public Works and Communication, four sections were tendered for at the NPTAB. These sections are three, four, five and six. The engineers’ estimate for section three is $425, 433, 030, section four, $348, 834, 930, section five, $264, 640, 400 and section six $403, 592, 400.
| Bidders | Amount |
| Roopan Ramotar Investments | Section (3) $518, 493, 900Section (4) $351, 515, 700
Section (5) $233, 111, 700 Section (6) $392, 139, 650 |
| Toolsie Persaud Incorporated | Section (3) $373, 275, 900Section (4) $246, 003, 600
Section (5) $147, 621, 300 Section (6) $266, 142, 700 |
| G. Bovell Construction Services | Section (3) $400, 000, 000Section (4) $305, 000, 000
Section (5) $220, 000, 000 Section (6) $380, 000, 000 |
| Ivor Allen Construction | Section (3) $844, 698, 960Section (4) $608, 300, 390
Section (5) $430, 519, 680 Section (6) $1, 000, 067, 281, 880 |
| Mekdeci Machinery and Construction Inc | Section (3) $607, 833, 260Section (4) $276, 403, 420
Section (5) $259, 553, 080 Section (6) $611, 915, 280 |
The breakdown of the project awarded to Synergy Holdings Inc states that the upgrade of 89km of road will cost US$3.9M; the 110km of virgin roadway, US $7M; the two pontoon crossings or a bridge will be US$1.5M and ‘T’ line clearing is said to be US$3M.
Hand-in-Hand Group of Companies is the company that has backed Synergy Holdings Inc. with the US$3M mobilization and security bonds which were a prerequisite to securing the recently awarded Amaila Falls Road contract.
The road that Synergy Holdings is building is to pave the way for the Amaila Falls Hydro Electric Project which is described as just part of a larger effort to revolutionise Guyana’s power generation infrastructure.
The storage dam site would be located near the top of Amaila Falls and would impound the waters of both the Kuribrong and Amaila Rivers.
The Amaila site is located on the Kuribrong River, a tributary of the Potaro River in West Central Guyana. The nearest point of access is the airstrip at Kaieteur Falls on the Potaro River, approximately 15 miles to the south.
An overland trail exists from Kaieteur to Amaila. Access is also provided overland by an all-weather road through Tumatumari on the Potaro River and on to Mahdia and Kangaruma.
River access along the Potaro-Kuribrong Rivers to the foot of Amaila Falls involves several portages around rapids and waterfalls.
The road from Tumatumari was recently extended to Mahdia/Kangaruma that brings the project closer to the site but approximately 30 miles of additional roads will have to be built to the top of Amaila Falls.
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