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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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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The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has approved a loan of USD30 million (mn) to the Government of Suriname, to replace that country’s existing high pressure sodium streetlights with high efficiency light-emitting diode (LED) systems. The replacement of the approximately 40,000 streetlights is expected to reduce energy consumption and costs as well as associated greenhouse gas emissions.
“Street lighting is a substantial expense for the government of Suriname, accounting for over 30 percent of total electricity consumption. This project is expected to significantly reduce electricity consumption and emissions, with a corresponding reduction in expenditure. The introduction of energy-efficient streetlight and smart technology contributes to the government’s vision of establishing a modern, sustainable, affordable energy supply, leading to more energy security and international competitiveness,” said Daniel Best, Director of Projects, CDB.
The project will be executed by utility company Energie Bedrijven Suriname (EBS). It will include the establishment of an advanced metering system, including the installation of 21,000 smart electricity meters. This will improve EBS’ operational efficiency, as the smart meters will improve the reliability of consumption readings, and enable remote diagnostics, reducing the response time for failures.
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It does not happen every time, but depending on the project, prospective bidders will be invited to a pre-bid meeting. This meeting, which might also be called a site visit or pre-proposal meeting, is usually scheduled a week or two after the initial request for bids or proposals has been issued, and are usually conducted in person, at a venue identified by the event organiser.
In the midst of the hustle, it can seem an annoyance to allocate couple of hours to attend a pre-bid meeting. However, when such a session has been arranged, and you have an interest in responding to the tender, it is strongly recommended that you (or a member of your team) attend. Here are five reasons.
1. You get to meet the procuring entity
More likely than not, the organisers and hosts of the pre-bid meeting will be members of the procurement team, who are managing the tender process for and on behalf of the organisation that will benefit from the tender. The opportunity to engage – and to start building a relationship – with the procurement team (and the organisation’s representatives) could be quite helpful not only for both you and them to put ‘a name to the face’, but also should you have additional questions after the session has ended.
2. You can scope out the likely competition
Generally, the entities that attend the pre-bid meeting are those that are seriously considering responding to the tender. As such, they are your likely competition, should you also decide to respond. The meeting thus providing an invaluable opportunity to size up your competition, and to get a sense of the number of entities that are interested in the project. It is also an opportunity to network. Although you all might be competitors this time around, they could also be potential collaborators on a future project.
3. You can get a better understanding of the project
One of the main objectives of the pre-bid meeting is to explain details of the proposed project and the tender process, as appropriate, that could not be clearly explained in the tender documents. Depending on the project, a site visit could be included, which allows prospective bidders to better contextualise the project requirements or specifications. As a result, the tender response can be more realistic and better aligned to the actual needs and situation of the client, and not a hypothetical or theoretical construct, based on solely on the information provided in the solicitation documents.
4. You can get clarification to your questions
Even with the best efforts when preparing the solicitation documents, prospective bidders are likely to have queries on their content. The pre-bid meeting is an excellent forum to address them. Although you might have your own questions, which the meeting organisers can address, you are also likely to benefit considerably from the questions asked by other prospective bidders, which you might not even have thought of, or would just confirm what you had initially assumed.
5. You are more likely to prepare a better submission
Finally, responding to tenders can be time consuming, and it can be disappointing when your effort has not been rewarded with either being shortlisted for further consideration by the evaluation team, or being awarded the project. In attending a pre-bid meeting, and thus being able to incorporate the findings and insights gleaned from that experience into your tender response, the final submission should be considerably better than if you had not attended the meeting.
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