Cabinet has given no objections to billions of dollars in contracts for various sectors, including road repairs and rehabilitation works to be done on three transport vessels.
At a post-cabinet press briefing on Thursday, reporters were provided with eight pages of contracts which gained Cabinet’s no-objections within the last two weeks.
In Region Three, a contract worth $18.1M was awarded to Design Perspectives; in Region Four Mohamed Ramzalli Khan was awarded an $11.9M contract to rehabilitate Vlissengen Road; and $12.8M was awarded to H.Nauth and Sons for the rehabilitation of roads in Kaneville and Golden Grove/Diamond, East Bank Demerara.
A $47.9M contract has been awarded to SYMS General Construction for rehabilitation works on the Linden/Soesdyke Highway and $15.5M to S. Jagmohan Hardware Supplies and Construction for works on Damon Avenue, McKenzie and Well Road, South Amelia’s Ward, Linden.
With regards to the rehabilitation and maintenance of several interior roads, a $31.3M contract was awarded to RIM Construction Inc. for the Rockstone to Mabura Road; $34.3M to JR Ranch Inc. for the South Kurupukuri to Lethem road; $28.4 M to BK International Inc for the Lethem to Katoonarib and Aishalton to Karaudarnau roads and $28.3M to SYMS General Contractors for the Katoonarib and Aishalton Road.
Additionally, Cabinet granted its no-objection to contracts valued more than $190M for the rehabilitation of two transport vessels.
A $107.4M contract has been awarded to the Guyana National Indus-trial Company for the rehabilitation of the MV Kimbia, $33.4M to Courtney Benn Construc-tion Services Ltd. for rehabilitation works on the MV Sandaka and $150.6M to Courtney Benn Construction Services Ltd. for the MV Barima.
Contracts for rehabilitation of two interior airstrips and construction of sluices also gained Cabinet’s no-objection. Contracts for the procurement of millions of dollars’ worth of laboratory equipment for the University of Guyana were also cleared by Cabinet.
