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Bids opened for external audit of water improvement programme

Dec 30, 2015 News

During yesterday’s session at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB), bids were opened for a firm to provide an external audit into the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI)’s Water Supply and Sanitation Infrastructure Improvement Program (WSSIIP).
The WSSIIP was one of two agreements signed between the Government of Guyana and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in 2014, with the other being for improving power supply. The agreements totaled US$96M, with US$31.7M expected to go towards financing the WSSIP.
The programme’s mandate was to increase the percentage of households with 24-hour access to water and water pressure, in keeping with national standards. It was also intended to reduce wastage and improve the number of homes with improved access to drinking water and sanitation arrangements.
The program’s target areas were in Regions three, four and six, with proposed civil works to include the construction of three new Water Treatment Plants; in Uitvlugt, Region Three, Diamond in Region Four and Sheet Anchor in Region Six.
It was expected to also include the expansion of two existing water treatment plants in Georgetown; namely in Sophia and Central Ruimveldt and the rehabilitation of the shelter-belt water treatment facility in Georgetown.
There were four firms bidding for the project yesterday.

Bidder Amount
Nizam Ali and Company Financial submitted
TSD Lall and Company Financial submitted
Ram & McRae Financial submitted
Jack Ali, Son and Company Financial submitted

Bids were also opened for a consultancy for hydrogeological and geotechnical investigations, at the proposed Bartica landfill. This comes in the wake of the old site, which has been in a deplorable state.
The old garbage site has long been flagged as expired, with many of the opinion that it should have been closed a long time ago. There have also been concerns about the health concerns that the old site presented. However, there was also some delay in acquiring a permit for the new site.

Bidder Amount
Grant Structure Engineering NA
CEMCO NA
E&A Consultants NA

Under the Regional Democratic Council, Region No. 10, bids were opened for the upgrade of the main access road in Victory Valley, Wismar, and Linden. The engineer’s estimate was $14,245,649.

Bidder Amount
Bess Investment $12.7M
Mk Hussein Contracting $13.4M
XL Engineering $13.3M
S Jagmohan Hardware $13.1M
Howard Hinds $14.1M
JPM’s General Construction $11.8M
S. Lorrick Contracting $14.7M
Chung’s Global Enterprise $15.2M

Bids were also opened for an upgrade of the Access road at Christianburg-Wismar Secondary School. The estimate for this project was $15,446,270.

Bidder Amount
XL Engineering $14.4M
Chung’s Global Enterprise $17.4M
S Jagmohan Hardware $14.4M
MK Hussein Contracting $14.5M
JPM’s General Construction $15.4M

And finally, there were bids for the rehabilitation works to be done on Upper Greenheart Street.

Bidder Amount
Bess Investment $11.9M
MK Hussein Contracting $13.2M
S. Lorrick Contracting Service $13.8M
Howard Hinds $12.3M
XL Engineering $12.2M
S Jagmohan Hardware $12.2M
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