{"id":36208,"date":"2024-09-12T23:09:31","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T04:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev?p=36208"},"modified":"2024-09-12T19:02:03","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T00:02:03","slug":"60-km-of-four-lane-road-already-awarded-for-region-six-jagdeo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/60-km-of-four-lane-road-already-awarded-for-region-six-jagdeo\/","title":{"rendered":"60 km of four-lane road already awarded for Region Six \u2013 Jagdeo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guyana<\/p>\n

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday during a meeting with contractors in Region Six revealed that 60 kilometers of work for a four-lane road has already been awarded and is expected to commence soon as government moves ahead with the extension of the main access road.<\/p>\n

Jagdeo told the contractors gathered yesterday, \u201cHere in Berbice there is about 60 kilometers that we have already awarded from the New Amsterdam end coming done at 30 kilometers and 30 from the Crabwood Creek end.\u201d<\/p>\n

He then announced, \u201cThat work would start very soon.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Noting the government\u2019s concerns about procurement, Jagdeo said that he will continue to defend government\u2019s position on issues which are being distorted by the opposition.<\/p>\n

However, he said it bothers him when supporters of the PPP\/C express concerns about the fairness of the procurement system and the abuse of the system by many people.<\/p>\n

Noting that his government is taking a \u201chead on\u201d approach, Jagdeo said that there were complaints about multiple contracts being given to one family which creates a major case of dissatisfaction in the eyes of the people. \u201cThey complain about government officials getting contracts, they complain about shoddy work being done and people still getting new contracts, they complain about big contractors forcing out small people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jagdeo pointed out to the contractors gathered that the PPP\/C gets the blame for works which are not carried out to the proper standard, and to provide a sense of perspective Jagdeo said that there are so many contractors today because of the willingness of the governing party to expand and to assist more people to grow.<\/p>\n

He said that some people have grown and are doing exceptional works while some believe that they can rip off the system.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe\u2019ve had cases in this region of \u2026one family having six companies, a single family and then when we don\u2019t know so the contracts go to six different persons or one family but six different persons in the family, when the activist and the other people see that they say look what\u2019s happened it\u2019s a PPP thing, never mind we didn\u2019t even know these companies belong to related people.\u201d<\/p>\n

He stressed, \u201cWe want to help, we want to share the works as broadly as possible so that everyone can grow and that everyone can develop themselves but this system has to change and so the way we awarded too it was a little bit unfair.\u201d<\/p>\n

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He explained, \u201cIn an attempt to share work people tender, one man might get the lowest bid for five contracts but since we don\u2019t want to give one person five contracts\u201d as such similar lengths of roads were awarded at different prices in government\u2019s attempt to share the contract ensuring everyone benefits.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cSo what we have decided now is that we are going to establish rates for each region, we are going to try to help people below a certain level, \u201cthe big contractors, the massive ones who are getting $500 and $600m they must not bid for the small contract, they are bidding for $2m and $3m contracts and all of that too, they must not bid for that, exclude them.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said, that contracts below a level of $15m will be made easy, \u201cWe are going to work \u2026on the bases of rates for each region so people can make some money too and they can get contracts.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to him, this system will ensure more of the works are shared properly \u201cand people at least can get one contract or so rather than one family getting several contracts and others not getting anything.\u201d<\/p>\n

Additionally, Jagdeo said that some government workers especially those who work around the regional tender boards must not have companies \u201cand be competing with others and then they can violate the process.\u201d<\/p>\n

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