HEAD of the Presidential Secretariat Dr. Roger Luncheon has advised that ‘no objections’ were granted to nine multi-million-dollar contracts in the areas of hinterland development, education, technology, health, and infrastructure.

The contracts which Dr Luncheon said were approved at Cabinet’s meeting this week are as follows:

SECTOR TENDER VALUE OF AWARD

Amerindian Affairs
Procurement of tractors, trailers, ploughs and harrows for Amerindian villages –
$31.4M;

Education
Rehabilitation of buildings at the University of Guyana, Turkeyen Campus,Procurement of micro-science kits and chemicals for primary and secondary schools – $15.1M.
$32.4M

Health
Procurement of injections for the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC)
Procurement of drugs for the GPHC
$26.02M

$43.8M

Public Works
Rehabilitation works in Region 6
Emergency docking of the MV Bonasika and the acquisition of critical spares
$46M

$49.9M
Office of the President
Supply and installation of a pilot-scale asphalt hot mix plant under the rubberized asphalt project for the Institute for Applied Science and Technology (IAST)

Procurement of warehouse rental services for the E-Government project unit
$24.3M

$16M