The Ministry of Home Affairs yesterday invited bids for the construction of new headquarters for the Guyana Fire Service (GFS).
The new headquarters will be built on Homestretch Avenue, Minister of Home Affairs (MoHA) Robeson Benn yesterday said as had been previously intimated.
“The Ministry of Home Affairs invites sealed bids from eligible and qualified bidders for the provision of …construction of Head Quarters-Guyana Fire Service, Region No.4,” a notice from Benn’s ministry stated.
Benn told the Stabroek News that the headquarters will be built just west, of the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Homestretch Avenue and next to the proposed Guyana Football Federation’s complex.
In January of this year, a release from the Ministry of Home Affairs had signaled the decision for the construction of the new headquarters.
“There is a plan to relocate the Central Fire Station after all these many years hopefully to somewhere near D’Urban Park. There are funds assigned in the budget for this purpose, initial funding I would say, there has been talk over the years of congestion in the Stabroek area and the difficulty of having the assets roll out from that area, both the fire assets and the ambulance service,” Benn was quoted as saying at a Fire Advisory Board meeting.
With bidding being conducted through the national competitive bidding process, interested contractors were notified that they could inspect the bidding documents and obtain further information from the Finance Department of the MoHA.
Bids must be submitted to the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board no later than 9am on Tuesday October 26th 2021, and they will be opened on the said day.
The GFS has come under fire over its performance at major conflagrations in the city, the most recent of which led to the destruction of the Brickdam Police Station.
