THREE hundred and sixty-eight beneficiaries will be able to access their house lots by November this year, following the signing of a number of contracts on Tuesday for infrastructural works at Providence and Peter’s Hall, East Bank Demerara.
Chief Executive Officer of Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA) Lelon Saul signed the contracts with the various contractors in the Ministry of Housing Boardroom on Brickdam.

The total cost of the investment is nearly $546M and for works at Peter’s Hall, agreements were signed with Chung’s Global Enterprise ($77,729,355), Eron Lall Civil Engineering Works ($128,888,606), GuyAmerica Construction ($79,515,117) and Colin Talbot Contracting Services ($71,132,683).

For the completion of works at Providence, contracts were signed with KB&B Contractors ($48,500,980), H. Nauth and Sons ($64,741,622), and Romell Jagroop General Construction Services ($75,294,758).

In brief remarks, Saul said the CHPA is committed to improving the physical infrastructure within the housing areas, and urged the service providers to adhere to the terms and conditions of the contracts.

“If you fail to; of course, as an agency, we will be forced to take whatever appropriate action should you default. I want to make this quite clear.”
He pointed out that the entire procurement system was fair; was done in the public and open tender. “Those who would have satisfied the criteria were deemed suitable to execute the works,” he said, adding that the contracts were overseen by the National Procurement and Tender Board.

Director of Projects at CHPA, Omar Narine, offered that the works will include construction of roads, drains and culverts, along with the installation of pure water distribution networks.

“We intend to start in the first week of June with a completion date of November. Five-month contract duration is more than adequate to have these works completed. We worked with the contractors previously and they performed well,” Narine said.
He observed that the project will not only affect the beneficiaries positively but will have a huge impact on the ‘supply market’ in terms of sand, stone, pipes, culverts and other construction materials.

“So I would just like to inform the private sector to meet with this demand when this project commences.”