Getting contracts with the oil and gas companies seem almost impossible

Mar 17, 2021 Letters

DEAR EDITOR,

Kaieteur News – We are in the business of transportation service here in Guyana and we are registered with the center for local business development (CLDB).
In November of 2019 ExxonMobil sent out a request for Information (RFI) and in January 2021 they sent out prospective business associate questionnaire (PBA). These requests were done through the CLDB.
From what most of my fellow colleagues in the transportation sector understand is that a request for quotation or a bidding process would follow.
To date we are still awaiting that process but what we are hearing from Exxon’s present contractor is that their present contract expires later this month (March) and that they have a meeting with their staff to discuss their new contract arrangement.
If this is indeed the case then it seems like all of us who were told to register with the CLDB in order to get contracts with the oil and gas companies, are being fooled.
Also the present contractor never had to go through all the scrutiny that we now need to adhere to as that company has been providing transportation to Exxon since they started operation here and it seem like this will continue and no other companies will get an equal opportunity to bid or develop their business.
Also smaller transportation service providers who were doing small contracts with Exxon’s subcontractors, business was taken away from them under the guise of COVID-19 and these small service owners do not know if they will ever be able to serve their customers again. All those transportation services are now done by Exxon’s present supplier, while the supplier cannot handle the volume, that supplier is allowed to hire outside service providers instead of reaching out to the affected small service providers.
It seems like instead of us depending on our Government to make sure that there is a level and fair distribution of wealth from the oil and gas, Kaieteur News is our best option to highlight our problems. These very issues were affecting us during the last Government.
We hope that this will not continue with any new companies coming here.

Sincerely,
Affected Service Provider

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