Oversight almost negates contractor’s bid

Jun 29, 2011 News

An oversight yesterday by officials at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) could have seen a contractor bidding for a contract denied the opportunity to have his tender opened and processed.
Interested contractors were requested, as usual, to submit bids to work on various government projects by Monday, in time for them to be publicly opened yesterday and their submitted costs read out aloud before the documents are sent for review by the ministry or other government entity that issued the invitation to tender.
After this first step of the tendering process was well underway yesterday morning, an alert employee at the NPTAB at Main and Urquhart streets office saw part of an envelope ‘peeping’ out of the slot through which envelopes with bidding information are deposited to settle in the tenders box.
The box, on which is marked ‘Insert Envelopes Here’ is a new one, and apparently has a faulty design that can sometimes cause deposited packages to become stuck just inside the slot instead of sliding down to the bottom for easy retrieval by staff on Tuesday mornings.
Fortunately, when the mistake was discovered NPTAB members were at that moment opening tenders for contracts on the same project for which contents of the overlooked envelope were submitted – Supply and Installation of PVC Transmission main: Watooka, Linden, Region No. 10. This bid was then allowed to join five others vying for the project contract.
Also at yesterday’s NPTAB meeting, among the leading bids on Government’s invitations to tender publicly unsealed by the National Procurement and Tenders Administration Board was a bid of $289.3 million to construct roads at Enmore-Hope. The engineer’s estimated cost for this project is $180.4 million.
For the Central Housing and Planning Authority projects, there were bids for the construction of roads in Mon Repos, La Reconnaissance; Construction of roads in Enmore-Hope; Construction of roads in Golden Grove-Diamond Place and construction of roads at Haslington, Golden Grove-Hope.
There were eight (8) bids for construction of roads at Enmore-Hope. The Engineer’s Estimate is $180,440,785. The bids:

Bidder	Amount
Eagle Transportation & General Construction	$148,866,338
Courtney Benn Contracting Service	$167,509,661
Guy America Construction	$173,926,136
Errol Cush Contracting Service	$179,665,502
H Nauth and Sons	$214,151,286
Narendra Latchman	$149,525,806
Gharbarran Construction	$145,782,830
R.Bassoo & Sons	$289,303,928

Six (6) bids for construction of roads at Golden Grove-Diamond Place. Engineer’s Estimate: $154,342,459

Bidder	Amount
Guy America Construction Inc.	$155,191,675
Narendra Latchman	$116,987,325
Courtney Benn Contracting Services Ltd.	$152,848,605
Gharbarran Construction	$170,856,740
H Nauth &Sons	$154,782,218
R. Bassoo & Sons	$240,100,098

Nine (9) bids for construction of roads at Haslington, Golden Grove-Hope. Engineer’s Estimate: $167,426,535

Bidder	Amount
Eagle Transportation & General Construction	$144,291,206
Falcon Transportation & Construction	$123,474,414
Errol Cush	$143,706,892
Guy America	$148,013,004
Narendra Latchman	$134,116,490
R.Bassoo & Sons	$269,977,313
Gharbarran Construction	$188,810,607
Courtney Benn Contracting Services Ltd.	$159,500,336
H. Nauth & Sons	$175,639,077

There were four (4) bids for the renovation of Old Stores Mazaruni Prisons. Engineer’s Estimate: $2,732,700

Bidder	Amount
Best Investments	$2,347,000
Edward Skeete	$2,942,000
William .F.N. Farrell	$2,697,500
Pacific Services System	$2,622,600

Three (3) bids were submitted for the renovation of the Administration building at Mazaruni Prisons. Engineer’s Estimate: $3,982,992

Bidder	Amount
Best Investment	$3,681,790
William F.N Farrell	$3,898,830
Edward Skeete	$3,642,420

With an Engineer’s Estimate of $2,752,704, the four (4) bids for the renovation of upper floor, Officer’s Sports Club at Mazaruni were as follows:

Bidder	Amount
Edward Skeete	$2,282,380
William F.N Farrell	$2,758,400
Pacific Services System	$2,448,400
Best Investments	$2,472,430

For the Civil Defence Commission – Design of a national public education campaign disaster risk management (No engineer’s estimate for this consultancy)

Bidder	Amount
ESL Management Ltd, Jamaica	US$107,000

Ministry of Agriculture, National Drainage and Irrigation Authority – Provision of services for the construction of East Demerara Water Conservancy Northern Relief Head Regulator, Public Road bridge and high level sluice outfall structure at Hope/Dochfour, E.C.D., Region Four. Engineer’s estimate: $86,070,000

Bidder	Amount
Simico Inc. and SRPN Engineering Associates Ltd – a joint venture	$183,300,000

Ministry of Agriculture, National Drainage and Irrigation Authority – Construction of seepage canal at Bonasika, Boerasirie Conservancy, Region Three. Engineer’s estimate: $19,583,950

Bidder	Amount
Dwarka Nauth Construction	$18,316,625
Muneshwar Bhola	$16,045,075
S. Chan General Contracting	$24,371,100
Rohan Persaud	$33,637,815
Ganesh Ramrattan	$18,658,175
F. Hussein Construction	$18,256,625

Ministry of Agriculture, National Drainage and Irrigation Authority – Rehabilitation of structure and self-acting doors along Burnham Drive, Wismar, Linden, Region 10. Engineer’s estimate: $8,685,500

Bidder	Amount
Dwarka Nauth Construction	$7,772,700
F. Hussein Construction	$8,633,590
S. Khan General Contracting Services	$10,313,400
Dirk Wilson	$5,921,200
Howard Runcie	$7,951,800
Muneshwar Bhola Construction	$7,383,540
Pioneer General Construction	$8,430,440
Rajnauth Hemendranauth	$8,584,900
Gerald Whittington	$7,558,850
RNK Hudson Fabrication	$6,885,400

Demerara Harbour Bridge Corporation – Fabrication and installation of two extra-large pontoons. Engineer’s estimate: $160,884,028

Bidder	Amount
Guyana National Industrial Company	$74,931,227
Courtney Benn Construction Services	$138,224,514

Ministry of Health – Specific rehabilitation Works to Malaria Clinic, Georgetown Public Hospital corporation compound. Engineer’s estimate: $2,547,940

Bidders	Amount
Horizon Equipment Rental and Tractor Services	$1,518,650
Rohit Persaud Contracting Services	$1,679,800
Ivor Allen	$2,052,600
Pioneer General Construction	$3,181,140
Parmanand Nandalall	$1,647,000
P. Dookie and Son General Construction	$2,285,890

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