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Bids to repair 13 city schools opened

Apr 10, 2013 News

 


 

–          $450M sea, river defence works slated for Berbice

 

A number of large sea defence contracts along with repairs to several city schools are slated to be awarded soon with several tenders opened yesterday to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars.

During the process at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB), at the Ministry of Finance yesterday, it was disclosed that 13 schools across the city, under the Ministry of Education, will be repaired.

Bids for the repairs are ranging from $2M to over $9M. The school earmarked for repairs are St. Winefride’s Secondary, Richard Ishmael Secondary, St. George’s High, La Penitence Primary, St. Pius Primary, North Georgetown Secondary, Lodge Secondary, Kingston Secondary, F.E. Pollard Primary, Agricola Primary, East Ruimveldt Secondary, St. Joseph High and Roxanne Burnham Nursery.

Tenders were also opened under the Ministry of Public Works for river and sea defence contracts in both East and West Berbice.

At Abary/Profit, West Coast Berbice, some 630 metres of rip-rap sea defence will have to be built. An engineer’s estimate said that the works will cost $305,660,300. The bids:

Bidder

Amount
B.K. International $315,592,750
Eman Resat Construction $223,549,500
A&S General Contracting Inc. $247,724,750
Project Design and Construction Inc. $297,792,000
M&B Construction $273,238,600
K&B Construction $300,685,000
Toolsie Persaud Quarries Inc. $299,160,150

 

Some 250 metres of rip-rap sea defence is also to be built at Hope, West Coast Berbice. The engineer’s estimate of the cost is $135,390,500 while the bids opened were:

Bidder

Amount
B.K. International $140,524,250
Toolsie Persaud Quarries Inc. $130,807,700
K.B&B Contracting $134,820,500
Eman Resat Construction $95,413,500
A&S General Construction Inc. $109,210,000
Project Design and Construction Inc. $130,039,000
M&B Construction $115,381,300

In East Berbice, Region Six, tenders were also opened for rehabilitation works on the river from Cumberland to Sheet Anchor, Canje River. The engineer’s estimate is $12,080,000 with the bids being:

Bidder

Amount
Memorex Enterprise $9,853,410
K&S General Contractor Inc $10,169,450
KB&B Contractors $11,597.600
Khan’s Construction and Transportation $10,991,380

Similar works are also slated for Vryheid, Canje River, East Berbice. The engineer’s estimate is set at $11,072,000 while the tenders opened were:

Bidder

Amount
Memorex Enterprise $8,364,180
A&S General Contractors $10,832,800
KB&B Contractors $10,624,000
Khan’s Construction and Transportation $11,390,360

Again, under the Ministry of Public Works, companies placed tenders for two lots for the supply of “concertainer floodline units” and for geo-textile tubes, scour aprons and geo-textile filter fabric. The bids opened were:

Bidder

Amount
Samaroo Investment Lot 1:$10,113,000

Lot 2:$32,913,200
J. Adjodha Construction Lot 1:$9,317,095

Lot 2:$36,784,920
B.K. International Lot 1:$8,980,000

Lot 2:$48,564,100
Engineering Establishment Lot 1:$9,300,000

Lot 2:$36,480,000

 

 

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