The Ministry of Legal Affairs is procuring a speedboat to aid in the work of the Prisons Mental Unit, as it expands support for the criminal justice system programme.
According to an advertisement published yesterday, the ministry is inviting bids for the supply and delivery of a speedboat with a shed for the Guyana Prison Service (GPS). The boat is being procured through an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) US$8 million loan.
Attorney General Anil Nandlall told Stabroek News yesterday that this is a new unit the ministry is working on and giving support to. He said while the objective of the programme was to reduce prison population, the establishment of the mental unit was to provide the necessary care and support to affected inmates.
He noted that the prison service has been struggling with mentally challenged inmates for years, and the establishment of the unit will eradicate some of the difficulties. Last year 13 ranks from the GPS graduated from a mental health training programme.
According to the advertisement, bidding will be done through the national competitive bidding procedures specified in the IDB’s policies for works and goods.
Interested parties can obtain a bidding document from the procurement officer at the programme. All requests for the document and other information must be written. The ministry also specified that all prospective bidders must have completed at least two contracts of similar nature and have an annual turnover of $5 million for the last three years. Interested bidders are encouraged to review the eligibility and qualifications stated in the bidding document.
All bids must be submitted in one original and two copies and an electronic copy on a flash drive, to the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board by 9 am on June 27, 2023.
Physical copies should be addressed to the Procurement Officer, Criminal Justice System Programme, Ministry of Legal Affairs, 341 East Street, South Cummingsburg, Georgetown, Guyana and to the Chairman National Procurement and Tender Administration Board, Ministry of Finance Main and Urquhart streets, Georgetown, Guyana.
