Cabinet gives green light to several infrastructure contracts

CABINET has given its no objection to several contracts for infrastructure works.This includes the rehabilitation of the Moleson Creek acrow panel bridge, Region 6 (East Berbice/Corentyne) at a cost of $84.7M was approved by Cabinet at its meeting on Tuesday.

The disclosure was made by Cabinet Secretary, Dr. Roger Luncheon, who added that a $23.2M contract for the construction of a new Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) registration office in Anna Regina, Region 2 (Pomeroon/Supenaam) was also approved.
Dr. Luncheon stated too that a contract for the installation of new air conditioning units at the National Culture Centre at a cost of $63.2M received Cabinet’s go-ahead.
Two other contracts – one for procurement of fuel and lubricants for the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) and the other for the supply of hardware, transformers and meters, among other items, for the Linden Electricity Company Inc. were also approved.
Contracts above the $15M mark are taken to Cabinet for its statement of no-objection.
Section 54 of the Constitution deals with Cabinet’s involvement in reviewing the award of procurement contracts, as well as the phasing out of its functions with the establishment of a Public Procurement Commission (PPC), in the interest of decentralising the procurement process.
Currently, the procurement process is decentralised at the level of ministries, regions, district tender boards and the Ministry of Finance tender board.

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