Contractor of West Dem. nursery school abandons job

Jan 08, 2013 News

Residents of a West Bank Demerara community will have to wait a while longer for a badly-needed nursery school after a contractor reportedly abandoned the work.
The $8.5M contract for a new nursery school at La Parfaite Harmonie was supposed to have been completed in time for the beginning of the new school term, yesterday.

Work has stalled on a new nursery school for La Parfaite Harmonie after the contractor reportedly disappeared.

However, two weeks ago after witnessing months of non-activity, the Region Three administration terminated the contract.
The job was reportedly given to Fyffe Building and Contracting Works, the same contractor involved in the construction of the $69M National Insurance Scheme branch in Corriverton, Berbice. The construction of that branch was an embarrassment to the previous administration because of its high, unjustifiable costs.
A senior official of Region Three said that the Regional Executive Officer ended the contract two weeks ago, after failing to persuade the contractor to complete the work. The work has now been given to another contractor and construction is to resume soon.
The nursery school, reportedly with 500 students, is currently squatting in the $60M La Parfaite Harmonie Primary School, which was commissioned in late 2011. This has led to severe congestion.
Residents have been wondering what was happening with the stalled project. The construction is still without its roof, doors, windows and other fixtures.
The contractor reportedly took an advance for mobilization.
The project fell under the region’s jurisdiction because it is below the $9M limit. Any project valued above that has to be handled by the Central Government and awarded by the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board.
Government has been complaining about the limited number of private contractors it has available.

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