STATE agencies TSTT and iGovTT, jointly hosted a breakfast ceremony for about 100 guests at the Hyatt Regency Port of Spain yesterday to celebrate the signing of a memorandum of understanding between them for e-tendering services.
Ironically, even though the MoU is intended to make the procurement process for government contracts more efficient by increasing transparency and accountability, when Newsday tried to ascertain the cost of hosting such a lavish event, the paper was told that the parties “did not want to get into specifics.”
Telecoms service provider TSTT’s e-tender software was developed by the company in 2012, and has since then been used in the company’s procurement processes.
The MoU with iGovTT, the information and communication technology (ICT) arm of the government, will hopefully allow the state to start integrating e-tendering solutions to all its contracts, starting as early as next month with iGovTT transactions.
It provides the governing framework to jointly market and implement TSTT’s e-Tender software to 22 ministries, 119 state companies and 135 statutory bodies.
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The National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) opened several tenders yesterday with significant interest shown for the construction of a new fire station at Onverwagt in the West Berbice area.
In the first session, tenders were opened for the Ministry of Public Security – a Financial Consultancy service to conduct a diagnostic, identifying the needs and constraints of the police performance, and capacity, and the design and implementation of a human resource management plan and performance assessment framework for Guyana Police Force.
| Bidder |
Amount |
| Public Administration International of UK |
US$119,800 (excluding local taxes) |
| Trevor Hamilton and Associates of Jamaica |
US$119,200 (including local taxes) |
The Ministry of Business and the Guyana Tourism Authority are moving to shortlist a number of companies in the US and Germany to market Guyana. The companies shortlisted are:
| Bidder |
Amount |
| Capital KTRN of Germany |
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| Fast Powered Marketing of Germany (not shortlisted) |
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| Mass Contour of Germany |
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| Emerging Destinations of USA |
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The Ministry of Natural Resources wants a company to supply, deliver and install of a computer server:
| Bidder |
Amount |
| Micro Design Technology |
$4,358,697 |
| Massy Technologies Guyana Limited |
$3,216,843 |
The Guyana Defence Force is looking for suppliers of building materials for its Base at Tacama.
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Plans for the construction of a new cargo jetty at Road Bay, Sandy Ground, moved closer to reality on Monday, January 29. That was when four bids were opened at a meeting of the Anguilla Air and Sea Ports Authority at La Vue, overlooking the scenic port. The opening of the bids was performed by Chief Procurement Officer, Ms. Ludiane Leveret-Richardson.
Following are the bidders and the amount of each bid:
• Windwards Roads BV
Harbour View, Philipsburg,
Great Bay, St. Maarten; along with
Anguilla Roads and Construction, Inc.
Amount: EC$45,648,128.00
• Edgehill Associates, Caribbean Ltd.
C/o John Dyrud, First Anguilla Trust, The Valley, Anguilla, with Regional Office in Barbados.
Amount: EC$31,298,167.00
• Meridian Construction Company Ltd.
Road Bay, Tortola, BVI
Amount: EC$59,256,282.90
• Soletanche Batchy
Cimas SA
Zentai Building, Tower 1, 703
Bogota, Columbia.
Amount: EC$60,126,203.86
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RESIDENTS living in Region 2 (Pomeroon-Supenaam) will soon be experiencing tremendous transformation in almost all sectors since the Region’s Tender Board (RTB) has completed the awarding of its capital projects for 2018.
This is according to Regional Executive Officer (REO), Rupert Hopkinson, who said 2018 is a truly transformational period for Region Two and residents can expect significant infrastructural changes.
He said that all of the capital projects have been awarded except those that have to go to the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board. Current projects, he said, are now being advertised. “All we need to develop Region Two is co-operation from the various NDCs and the RDC. One beautiful thing is that we are prepared to work this year with them to make things happen,” Hopkinson said.
Some of the Capital projects awarded included rehabilitation of State House Anna Regina Phase 4; rehabilitation of South Gate Westbury; rehabilitation of Unu Creek sluice; construction of a timber revetment at Riverstown Creek Phase 2; rehabilitation of drainage and canal embankment at Amazon, Charity; rehabilitation of box culvert at Perseverance; upgrading of road network at Cotton Field compound; and the rehabilitation of the Oscar Joseph Hospital at Charity, among other projects.
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Job description
The post holder will set the vision for Government’s procurement and be accountable for the strategic planning, direction and performance of all procurement functions to enable the Cayman Islands Government to meet corporate business and procurement objectives and financial targets in respect of procurement for the Entire Public Sector.
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