A contractor in Linden has refuted claims by the Regional Administration of Region 10 that he was awarded a contract in excess of $8m for the installation of an automatic switch at the Upper Demerara Hospital.
In the Friday 10th edition of the Stabroek News the Regional administration quoted from a report presented at its recent statutory meeting saying, “Gordon Callender was awarded a contract for the installation of an automatic switch at the Upper Demerara Hospital to the value of $8,086,621 and $7,277,959 was paid. The project is said to be 90% complete and the automatic switch, which is left to be installed, was on site when visited on 6 February.”
However, Callender yesterday presented his contract document to Stabroek News which clearly indicates that he was awarded a contract for the Re-wiring of the Upper Demerara Hospital. The contract sum was $6,606,921.
He said that to date the works are 99% complete.
