–clarifies procurement process for Schoonord to Crane Road Project

The following is the full text of a statement from the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board:
“WITH reference to the letters published on September 26, 2024, by the Kaieteur News and Stabroek News on the Schoonord to Crane Road Project, the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) wishes to clarify as follows.
It is important to emphasise that the open tendering method, the most competitive and transparent procurement method, was used. Thirty-two bidders submitted tenders which were evaluated strictly in accordance with the evaluation criteria.
Eight of the bidders were compliant with the administrative and technical criteria set out in the bidding documents. As such, these bidders were deemed responsive and were considered for further evaluation, while those who were non-responsive were not further evaluated.
Each bidder was limited to one lot and evaluated based on the combination of the contractor’s resources, experience and capacity to execute the works within the stipulated timeline and scope of works. Based on the foregoing, the evaluators recommended that the lots be awarded to the following bidders:
Lot 1: VR Construction Inc.
Lot 2: Avinash Construction and Scrap Metal Inc.
Lot 3: L-Heureuse and Services Inc.
Lot 4: Guyamerica Construction Inc.
Lot 5: AJM Enterprise
Lot 6: Vals construction
Lot 7: Puran Bros Disposal Inc.
Lot 8: J S Guyana Inc.
The NPTAB accepted the recommendations made by the evaluators based on their representations regarding the respective contractors’ capacity to execute the individual lots in a timely manner, given the urgency within which the project was required to be completed.
The NPTAB remains committed to ensuring an open, fair, competitive, and transparent public procurement process.”