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Cabinet approves whopping $9.7 B in contracts
Cabinet at its meeting on Tuesday approved a whopping $9.7 B over eight contracts for various sectors.
Cabinet’s no objection to the contracts was reported by Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon at his weekly press conference at Office of the President on Wednesday.
The contracts that were given the green light:
| Contract | Amount |
| In the Agriculture sector, Civil works, upgrading to the access roads and bridges – Lot 3 Laluni all weather roads, Kuru Kururu to Laluni farm lands in Region Four.
|
$225 M |
| River/ Sea Defences at Glasgow on the East Bank of Berbice.
|
$111 M |
| Public works – road widening and improvement of the East Coast Demerara road from Better Hope to Belfield, Region Four.
|
US $42.7 M ($8.7 B) |
| Housing and water- the installation of a 200 Millimeter transmission main – 6th to 7th Streets in Diamond Housing Scheme on the East Bank of Demerara, Region Four
|
$19.6 M |
| The procurement of goods for the frequency upgrades at Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) Shelter Belt in Georgetown in Region Four – two lots.
|
The first lot $129,000 US($26.4M)
The second lot £334,000 pounds (116.5 M)
|
| Housing and Water- upgrading to the new Eccles Industrial road. |
$65.9 M
|
| Housing and Water- Infrastructure Development for Herstelling on the East Bank of Demerara in Region
3 with three lots. |
The first at $50.9 M, the second $119.6 M and the third $56.3 M.
Aggregately totaling $226.9 M |
| Housing and Water- Installation of distribution network in Angoy’s Avenue in Region Six. | $20.3 M
|
| The provision of security services at the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport Facilities in Regions Two, Four and Six.
|
$125.3 M |
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