{"id":12737,"date":"2020-05-15T07:00:19","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T12:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev?p=12737"},"modified":"2020-05-14T18:28:20","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T23:28:20","slug":"contracts-inked-for-3-projects-on-virgin-gorda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/contracts-inked-for-3-projects-on-virgin-gorda\/","title":{"rendered":"Contracts inked for 3 projects on Virgin Gorda"},"content":{"rendered":"

Contracts worth a total of $3.5 million were signed with Virgin Islands firms over the past week to repair a school and two administration buildings on Virgin Gorda that were damaged by Hurricane Irma in 2017.<\/p>\n

On Friday, the government, the Recovery and Development Agency, and Roy Garraway of Quality Construction Limited signed a contract totalling $1.7 million to completely rebuild two blocks of the Bregado Flax Educational Centre.<\/p>\n

The project includes internal refurbishment and replacement of the roofs of Blocks Two and Four, ultimately providing 11 classrooms, a science laboratory, an internet technology laboratory, an art room, a library, bathrooms, and staff facilities, according to the RDA.<\/p>\n

The works build on two completed phases that included repairs to Block One as well as temporary classrooms and staff facilities, according to government.<\/p>\n

Admin building<\/h5>\n

Also on Friday, a contract for the reconstruction of the Flax Administration Building was awarded to Metro Construction for $1.2 million.<\/p>\n

The facility will combine e-governance with public services including the post, social security, inland revenue, labour, immigration, water and sewerage, environmental health, the magistracy, the Department of Motor Vehicles, the Civil Registry and Passport Office, and the district office, according to government.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday morning, Quality Construction signed a second contract, for $625,400, to repair the island\u2019s North Sound Administration Building.<\/p>\n

This project includes the refurbishment and redevelopment of the two-storey building and will include mail and postal sorting facilities, a reading room and lecture space, a library, a police office, and office spaces for civil servants, according to the RDA.<\/p>\n

Tender process<\/h5>\n

All three contracts were awarded following tender processes carried out through the RDA, and all are funded by Caribbean Development Bank loan funding. Governor Gus Jaspert called the signings a \u201cwin-win-win\u201d situation.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Mr. Jaspert also promised that a contract for repairs to the Vanterpool Administration Building will be announced soon, \u201ccompleting a suite of public administration offices\u201d on the island.<\/p>\n

Premier Andrew Fahie said he is \u201chappy to see that the CDB loan funding is able to assist\u201d with the work.<\/p>\n

\u201cGovernment is pleased to see the RDA pushing forward so that our infrastructure can be built and reengineered with the appropriate technology, reliable procurement system, operational capacity, inbound and outbound logistics, marketing and sales, and supporting services,\u201d Mr. Fahie added.<\/p>\n

He also applauded Anthony McMaster, acting CEO of the RDA, for stepping up to the leadership position after the March resignation of Paul Bayly.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is good to see one of our own sitting in the head seat of the RDA,\u201d he said. \u201cI always, and will always, and was always con- vinced that one of our own could lead the recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. McMaster announced that starting next week, the agency will host trainings that will \u201cdissect the tender processes\u201d to give more VI individuals and companies opportunities to bid and win contracts.<\/p>\n

He also noted that this week, two more contracts would be signed, totalling $3 million.<\/p>\n

Mr. Jaspert said, \u201cI\u2019m very conscious that for quite a while our dedicated public service on Virgin Gorda has been operating out of substandard conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018In the pipeline\u2019<\/h5>\n

He also noted that several projects are \u201cin the pipeline\u201d with funding from the CDB loan and government, stating, \u201cThis is the start over the next few weeks of ten extra projects coming forward, with each one injecting money into the economy.\u201d<\/p>\n

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