Three Int’l firms vying for contract to supervise repairs to East Bank road

Aug 04, 2023 News

Kaieteur News – Three international firms hailing from Canada, Italy and the United States of America (USA) who teamed up with local companies are now the only bidders in running for the contract to supervise the rehabilitation slated for the East Bank of Demerara (EBD) public road.

On Thursday during the opening of bids at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) office it was revealed that the companies are Sheladia Associates Inc. of the USA; EXP Services Inc. (Canada) in association with CEMCO (Guyana); and Politecnica Ingegneria ed Architettura (Italy) in association with SRKN’gineering (Guyana).

At the opening it was revealed that Sheladia Associates Inc. bid US$ 7,976,000 for the project, EXP Services Inc. bid US$ US$11,828,883, and Politecnica bid US$10,890,000. These firms were previously shortlisted along with Beston Consulting Limited out of Trinidad and Tobago for the project.

The project entails the design review and supervision services for the East Bank road from Good Success to Timehri. It was reported that the East Bank road is being rehabilitated under the IDB’s Programme to Support Climate Resilient Road Infrastructure Development. Through this programme, the IDB would finance US$100 million towards the project while the Government of Guyana would finance the remaining US$17 million. The loan was signed on March 6, last and it is for five years.

Speaking of the loan at an event in May, the ministry’s Project Manager, Mark Greene had stated that it is to advance Guyana’s safe and efficient roadway using climate- resilient infrastructure, but specially to improve road surface quality, as well as the utility service provided along that corridor. The project will see the rehabilitation of 23.5 kilometres of the highway, with a boundary from Good Success to Timehri, East Bank Demerara.

The rehabilitation of the road includes widening to cater to pedestrians and cyclists, landscaping and curb improvements, rehabilitation of drainage, and retrofitting of bridges and culverts, among other upgrades. Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill when speaking of the project had mentioned that it is very important and that it is no walk in the park project given the number of vehicles that traverse that corridor on a daily. “The residents of the East Bank corridor where this road serve…I’m sure as important stakeholders, they will be satisfied. But I also have to caution that building this road that is so heavily trafficked right now is no walk in the park, it’s the biggest challenge to the project team, to the engineer and whoever would be that successful contractor,” he had stated back in May.

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