Indian company, Sharpooji Polonji, which constructed the Providence Cricket Stadium several years ago, is among five companies that have bid to construct the Specialty Hospital at Liliendaal under a line of credit from the Indian government.
No local company submitted a bid, while all companies submitting had to meet requirements set by government such as at least US$400,000 bid security from a local bank and a constructive design model of what the building would look like, among other requirements or their bids would be void.
Sharpooji Polonji and Fedders Lloyd were the only two of the five companies that satisfied all of the requirements for bidding when they were opened yesterday by the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) at the Ministry of Finance building Main Street.
Sharpooji Polonji’s bid was over two times the amount of Fedders Lloyd’s and its bid bond was lower by US$100,000.
Sharpooji Polonji submitted a bid of US$42,473,600 ($8.4 billion) with a bid bond security of US$400,000 from the Bank of Baroda.
Fedders Lloyd Corporation Ltd submitted a bid of US$17,679,000 ($ 3.4 billion) with a bid bond of US$500,000 obtained from the Bank of Nova Scotia here.
Jaguar Overseas Limited submitted a US$15,658,000 ($3.05 billion) bid but was short on the bid security bond; it was pegged at US$380,000 and was also from a foreign bank.
Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences and Research of India’s bid was US$19.5 million ($3.8 billion) but it did not submit a design plan and its bid security was $390,000,000 and not from a local bank but the Jammu & Kashmir Bank in India.
Meanwhile, Surendra Engineering, the firm responsible for the Enmore sugar packaging facility, submitted a bid of US$18.18 million or $3.6 billion, but like Vydehi, did not submit a bid security bond from a local bank.
When Stabroek News visited the site of the hospital yesterday afternoon work was ongoing on the fence. Local company Bovell Constructions was awarded a $97 million contract to drain the land fill it to the required level, and construct a fence, bridges, gates, culverts, an access road, and install basic utilities.
Meanwhile the Audit Office of Guyana received no bids for the provision of auditing services and its representative was told that the agency will have to re-advertise.
