One Mile Primary $170m contract cleared

HPS and Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon announced yesterday that no objections were offered to eight contracts in six sectors, including one valued $170.22M for the construction of the One Mile Primary School.

Luncheon made this announcement at his post-Cabinet press briefing at the Office of the President. A second contract in the education sector; for the procurement of licence-free materials, consultancy and accessories for the University of Guyana Online Degree Programme (Open University) has also been okayed. This contract is valued $32.1M, he said, according to a Government Information Agency (GINA) report.

In the health sector a contract valued $21.9M for the supply and delivery of office furniture and equipment for the