35 contractors bid below engineer’s $70M for Leonora Market extension project

Mar 06, 2025 News

Kaieteur News- The 35 contractors who applied for the contract to execute extension works at the Leonora Market in Region Three, have all submitted bids lower than the government engineer’s estimate of $70 million.

35 contractors bid below engineer’s $70M for Leonora Market extension project

President Irfaan Ali and his team at the newly constructed market space at Leonora back in November 2024. (Photo courtesy, President Irfaan Ali) (Leonora Market extension project)

The project which is being undertaken by the Ministry of Public Works was advertised for bids with an estimated cost attached of $70,276,260.

During the recent reading of bids for the project, a total of 35 companies submitted their bids to the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) office. Of the 35 bidders the lowest bid placed was $51,724,050, while the highest was $69,439,650.

According to NPTAB, the bidders are as follow: Dale Chowkai and Sons Construction – $64,692,863; S&D Construction – $69,439,650; I Khan Contracting Service – $64,063,965; Z&J Enterprise Inc. – $67,750,200; TNSA Construction and General Transportation – $69,033,195; Grimmond’s Electrical and Transportation Services – $67,424,595; MK Hanif Construction Service – $68,823,195; Mahamad Haseeb Bacchus Enterprise Construction – $67,874,520; Multitech Engineering Services Inc. – $67,697,700; VNV Construction and Supply Inc. – $64,295,385; Pantheon Construction Inc. – $67,996,110; AMIC General Contracting Services – $65,973,915; Paramdai’s Construction – $67,833,150; R&P Engineering & General Construction – $66,751,125; AYN Construction and General Services – $68,856,900; Khan’s Construction and Transportation Services – $66,488,100; J. Hussain’s Construction & Supplies – $65,281,020; V. Narine Central Lumber Yard – $67,633,650; and GD’s Construction and Supplies – $61,087,425.

Further, those bidding were DJ General Construction and Supplies – $67,361,654; Black’s and Son Construction – $68,915,175; PP Building Contracting – $57,248,100; A&N Enterprise – $65,849,595; Metal and Fabrication Ink – $55,000,050; MK Contracting – $68,956,650; JPM’s General Construction and Engineering Services – $65,518,535; C. Persaud and Son Construction – $63,747,023; Tony’s Construction- $66,279,150; VK Excavator Rental – $51,724,050; Modern Construction and Trucking Service – $60,549,510; A. Nazier and Son General Supplies – $63,615,720; Blacko Trading and Construction – $64,473,150; Country Side Recycling – $65,479,050; Dundas Construction Inc. – $69,131,265; and MK Enterprise – $61,000,000.

This publication reported that back in 2022, the government through the Local Government Ministry signed a $149 million contract to build a brand new tarmac to better accommodate the vendors there. That project was awarded to S&D Construction to construct an 8000sq. meter tarmac, which would accommodate some 700 vendors. The ministry had noted at the time that the new infrastructure comes after over five decades of vendors operating at Leonora near the main access road.

Following that contract, another tender was out in 2023 for phase two of the market structure. It was stated on the NPTAB website that the contract for that phase was awarded to Industrial Fabrications Inc. for $237,652,015. Together the two contracts bring the total spent on the market to $386 million.

Kaieteur News also reported that the move to upgrade the market tarmac at Leonora was first announced back in April 2022 when President Irfaan Ali and several ministers had visited the area to address the concerns of vendors there.

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