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Aug 06, 2023 News
Kaieteur News – Having been allocated some $40.4 billion from this year’s budget, the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security, is looking to spend some $116 million out of that to build a dorm facility at the Mahaica Hospital.
During the recent opening of tenders, it was revealed that 14 contractors have applied for the project which is estimated at $116,505,850. Also opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration (NPTAB) office is a contract for the construction of a shed for equipment at Black Bush Polder, a Ministry of Agriculture project estimated at $$19,345,227.The ministry is also seeking a contractor to construct a drying floor at Windsor Forest, Region Three, works which are estimated to cost $19,988,052. This facility is mainly utilized by rice farmers for the processing of drying their paddy.
Below are the companies and their bids:
Ministry of Human Services and Social Security
Construction of Dorm Building at Mahaica Hospital.
Ministry of Agriculture
Construction of Shed for Equipment at Black Bush Polder.
Construction of Concrete Drying Floor for the Ministry of Agriculture at Windsor Forest.
Ministry of Education
Re-Scoping of the Design and Supervision of Civil Works-New Faculty of Health Sciences Building at the Turkeyen Campus.
Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC)
Procurement of Disposable Bed sheets.
Procurement of Pharmaceuticals.
Supply, Installation and Commissioning of Two 150 KVA Uninterrupted Power Supply.
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