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Cabinet approves over $2BM worth of contracts
Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon yesterday disclosed that Cabinet has offered its “no objection” to several contracts in various sectors totalling more than $2B. The contracts are as follows:
| Sector | Tender | Amount |
| Agriculture – Drainage and Irrigation | Procurement of super long reach hydraulic excavators for the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority |
$299.4M |
| Housing and Water | Construction of roads, drains and structures from Herstelling to Diamond, EBD, Region 4 – in 10 lots aggregately |
$1, 216.1M |
| Finance | Supply, delivery and installation for hardware and software for the Disaster Recovery System, Ministry of Finance |
US$205,000 |
| Security | Procurement of spares for the Bell 412 helicopter |
US$105,000 |
| Environment | Construction of the Protected Areas Commission Headquarters, National Park, Thomas Lands |
$28.0M |
| National Security | Docking and repairs of National Flagship GDF Essequibo |
$32.3M |
| Energy (GPL) | Construction of the fuel wharf, fuel pipeline for the 26 mw Wartsilla Generator Project, Vreed en Hoop |
$242.1M |
| Legal Aid | Supply, installation, configuration and wiring of air conditioned units of the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court |
S24.7M |
| Housing and Water | Upgrade of roads Amelia’s Ward, Phase 1 B, Linden
– 2 lots |
$168.6M |
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