While government has extended the deadline for submission of bids for the New Demerara River Bridge by two months, it is not relenting on having the project completed in two years and this position was emphasised to bidders at a pre-bid meeting on Monday.
“There was a request for an extension of the time for the submission of the bids… we have agreed that there would be a two-month extension, and so now that time had moved from August 3rd, 2021, to October 5th, 2021,” Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill told Stabroek News when contacted for an update.
“None of the bidders asked for an extension of the two years. The project is expected to be completed with 24 months of the signing of the contract,” he added while pointing out that at Monday’s pre-bid meeting, none of the bidders expressed concern about the non-negotiable stance for the contract time.
