Latest update February 6th, 2025 6:47 AM
Sport Ministry to construct table tennis training facility
– estimated to cost $49M
Kaieteur News – Having received some $3.2 billion in this year’s budget for the continued development of sport in the country, the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport is preparing to spend some of its allocation to facilitate the construction of a table tennis training facility.
Since table tennis is said to be one of the country’s important sports, this facility the Ministry revealed is estimated to cost $49 million. During the recent opening of tenders at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB), a total of 13 contractors have bid to execute the construction.
Also, NPTAB revealed, that the Guyana National Bureau of Standards is looking to build a sub-office in Region Nine for an estimated cost of $6 million, which only two contractors bid for.
Below are the companies and their bids:
Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport
Construction of table tennis training facility – National Racquet Centre
Office of the President
IAST – rehabilitation of eastern boundary fence
IAST- rehabilitation of parking area
IAST – repairs and painting of IAST main stores, workshop, biodiesel area, plastic line area
Guyana Energy Agency
Supply and delivery of stand-alone street lamps for the GEA
Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation
Repairs to multi-purpose buildings roofing
Guyana Civil Aviation Authority
Upgrade of communication, navigation, surveillance and air traffic management systems – hardware and software.
Guyana National Bureau of Standards
Construction of GNBS sub-office in Region Nine
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