Bids were opened yesterday for the rebuilding of a prison block at the Camp Street jail, which is part of the Guyana Prison Service’s Strategic Plan to have modernised and more humane facilities for inmates.
The National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) opened eight bids for Phase 1 of a two phased plan to rehabilitate the Camp Street prison. With an engineer’s estimate pegged at $66,611,155, bids were as follows: Horizon General Associates and Construction Company, $50,192,000; Nabi Construction, $57,753,509; Harchand Sookdeo, $50,932,326; Aura Engineering $58,169,166; Pioneer General Construction, $53,294,291;