Seven bid for Leonora housing, water works

Seven companies have submitted bids for the construction of roads, drains, structures and the installation of a pure water distribution network at Leonora, West Coast Demerara, in Region 3, with one company submitting a bid three and a half times that of the engineer’s estimate.

The same company was among five that submitted tenders for the upgrade of roads at Onderneeming, in Region 2 and quoted a price almost double the engineer’s estimate for the project. The Ministry of Housing and Water is the executing agency for both projects.

The bids were opened yesterday by officials of the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) and it was revealed that the highest bid of