{"id":6138,"date":"2018-07-05T10:48:46","date_gmt":"2018-07-05T15:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/projectcalls.com\/?p=6138"},"modified":"2018-07-05T10:48:46","modified_gmt":"2018-07-05T15:48:46","slug":"local-contractors-save-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/local-contractors-save-govt\/","title":{"rendered":"Local contractors save govt $$"},"content":{"rendered":"

Government\u2019s decision to use local contractors for the continuation of the Solomon Hochoy Highway Extension to Point Fortin has saved taxpayers millions of dollars, Works and Transport Minister Rohan Sinanan has reported.<\/p>\n

As he joined Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley and Communications Minister Stuart Young to open completed segments of the project which cost $515 million, at Mosquito Creek on Friday, Sinanan said dividing the project into packages resulted in a saving as it boosted competition among local contractors, driving the prices down.<\/p>\n

They also turned the sod for another package to complete the widening of 2.5 km of the South Trunk Road between Mosquito Creek Bridge and the Godineau River Bridge.<\/p>\n

Explaining how the savings accrued, Sinanan said at the financial evaluation stage for package 2A, Junior Sammy Contractors Ltd (JSCL) and Kall Co Ltd (KCL) submitted tenders that were over the engineer\u2019s estimate. \u201cThat is, 7.8 per cent and 22.1 per cent higher than the engineer\u2019s estimate respectively,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

JSCL won the award with a revised bid of $95,006,954 VAT inclusive, which was 0.9 per cent lower than the estimate. JSCL also secured package 2B from among six bidders at a cost of $121,820,187.16 VAT inclusive, 1.4 per cent lower than the estimate.<\/p>\n

For package 5A, Jusamco Pavers Ltd and Namalco Construction Services Ltd were 4.32 per cent and 2.4 per cent lower than the estimate, while Lutchmeesingh\u2019s Transport Contractors Ltd, Sinohydro Corporation Ltd, and General Earth Movers Ltd\u2019s offers were higher by 8.4 per cent, 15.51 per cent and 19.3 per cent respectively.<\/p>\n

After evaluation Jusamco was determined to have offered the most economically advantageous price and was recommended for negotiations, following which a revised final bid of $280,976,489.08 VAT inclusive, some 6.54 per cent lower than the estimate, was submitted.<\/p>\n

\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Image:\u00a0\u00a0Pixabay (Pexels<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Government\u2019s decision to use local contractors for the continuation of the Solomon Hochoy Highway Extension to Point Fortin has saved taxpayers millions of dollars, Works and Transport Minister Rohan Sinanan…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":3099,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[112],"tags":[173,185,137],"class_list":["post-6138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-newsdevelopments","tag-contracts","tag-infrastructure","tag-trinidad-and-tobago"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Money-cash-US-Dollars-Pixabay-Pexels.jpeg?fit=1280%2C853&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6u9Qa-1B0","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28750,"url":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/tenders-put-out-for-repair-work-to-penal-rock-road-landslips\/","url_meta":{"origin":6138,"position":0},"title":"Tenders put out for repair work to Penal Rock Road landslips","author":"Mayra Bonilla Lopez","date":"July 6, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Trinidad and Tobago Residents of Penal Rock Road, the major road running from Penal to Basse Terre Village in Moruga, can soon breathe a sigh of relief as major repair works are set to begin. Works and Transport Minister Rohan Sinanan, as well as director of the Programme for Upgrading\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Articles"","block_context":{"text":"Articles","link":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/category\/articles\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/File_Landslide-between-Ye-and-Dawei-Wikimedia-Commons.jpg-Wikimedia-Commons.jpeg?fit=1024%2C768&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/File_Landslide-between-Ye-and-Dawei-Wikimedia-Commons.jpg-Wikimedia-Commons.jpeg?fit=1024%2C768&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/File_Landslide-between-Ye-and-Dawei-Wikimedia-Commons.jpg-Wikimedia-Commons.jpeg?fit=1024%2C768&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/File_Landslide-between-Ye-and-Dawei-Wikimedia-Commons.jpg-Wikimedia-Commons.jpeg?fit=1024%2C768&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3582,"url":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/make-notes-on-cabinet-decision-public\/","url_meta":{"origin":6138,"position":1},"title":"Make notes on Cabinet decision public","author":"Michele Marius","date":"November 8, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Works and Transport Minister Rohan Sinanan is now being asked to ensure all tender reports are published, if state agency NIDCO has nothing to hide in the award of a $400 million contract to Kallco for the first phase of the Toco to Manzanilla Highway. Chartered surveyor and managing director\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News\/Developments"","block_context":{"text":"News\/Developments","link":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/category\/newsdevelopments\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/document-agreement-documents-sign-Pixabay-Pexels.jpeg?fit=1200%2C798&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/document-agreement-documents-sign-Pixabay-Pexels.jpeg?fit=1200%2C798&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/document-agreement-documents-sign-Pixabay-Pexels.jpeg?fit=1200%2C798&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/document-agreement-documents-sign-Pixabay-Pexels.jpeg?fit=1200%2C798&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/document-agreement-documents-sign-Pixabay-Pexels.jpeg?fit=1200%2C798&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2989,"url":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/heads-must-roll-including-mine\/","url_meta":{"origin":6138,"position":2},"title":"HEADS MUST ROLL…INCLUDING MINE","author":"Project Calls","date":"August 23, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"HEADS must roll over the failed leasing of a passenger ferry for the domestic seabridge, said Minister of Works and Transport Rohan Sinanan, replying to reporters\u2019 queries at a function at the Caroni Licensing Office yesterday. Newsday asked Sinanan if the term \u201ccrookedness\u201d adopted by Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News\/Developments"","block_context":{"text":"News\/Developments","link":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/category\/newsdevelopments\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Guillotine-Michael-Coghlan-flickr.jpg?fit=1024%2C859&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Guillotine-Michael-Coghlan-flickr.jpg?fit=1024%2C859&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Guillotine-Michael-Coghlan-flickr.jpg?fit=1024%2C859&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Guillotine-Michael-Coghlan-flickr.jpg?fit=1024%2C859&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":32025,"url":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/contractors-want-more-regulation-local-content\/","url_meta":{"origin":6138,"position":3},"title":"Contractors want more regulation, local content","author":"Mayra Bonilla Lopez","date":"January 11, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Trinidad and Tobago TT Contractors Association president Glenn Mahabirsingh has a wishlist of three items for the construction industry: contractor registration and licensing; a joint public-private construction planning committee; and a foreign-currency mechanism for publicly funded construction projects. Speaking at the TT Contractors\u2019 Association 55th Anniversary and Contractor of the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Articles"","block_context":{"text":"Articles","link":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/category\/articles\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pexels-joshua-miranda-4027658-scaled-e1705336587654.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pexels-joshua-miranda-4027658-scaled-e1705336587654.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pexels-joshua-miranda-4027658-scaled-e1705336587654.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pexels-joshua-miranda-4027658-scaled-e1705336587654.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3579,"url":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/unfair-politics\/","url_meta":{"origin":6138,"position":4},"title":"‘UNFAIR POLITICS’","author":"Michele Marius","date":"January 10, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"FOR five kilometres of road, contractor Arvin Kalloo and his company Kall Co are now at the centre of criticism about his company's political connections. It doesn't matter that at $400 million, Kall Co's bid was the lowest of the lot. This works out to $80 million for one kilometre\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News\/Developments"","block_context":{"text":"News\/Developments","link":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/category\/newsdevelopments\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/roadway-punttim-Pixabay.jpg?fit=1024%2C684&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/roadway-punttim-Pixabay.jpg?fit=1024%2C684&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/roadway-punttim-Pixabay.jpg?fit=1024%2C684&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/roadway-punttim-Pixabay.jpg?fit=1024%2C684&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3037,"url":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/purdey-rohan-to-appear-before-jsc\/","url_meta":{"origin":6138,"position":5},"title":"Purdey, Rohan to appear before JSC","author":"Project Calls","date":"August 30, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Works and Transport Minister Rohan Sinanan and the Vice President of Bridgemans Services PLC Andrew Purdey have both confirmed that they have been invited to appear before Parliament\u2019s Joint Select Committee on Land and Physical Infrastructure which is looking into the procurement of the Cabo Star and the Ocean Flower\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News\/Developments"","block_context":{"text":"News\/Developments","link":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/category\/newsdevelopments\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/PSU-Law-Gavel-Penn-State-flickr-e1699564513757.jpg?fit=1025%2C802&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/PSU-Law-Gavel-Penn-State-flickr-e1699564513757.jpg?fit=1025%2C802&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/PSU-Law-Gavel-Penn-State-flickr-e1699564513757.jpg?fit=1025%2C802&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/PSU-Law-Gavel-Penn-State-flickr-e1699564513757.jpg?fit=1025%2C802&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6138"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6142,"href":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6138\/revisions\/6142"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}