The National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) yesterday cited a “possible typographical error” as being behind the $858 million bid that had been listed for Mohamed’s Enterprise for the construction of the Guyana Fire Service Headquarters on Homestretch Avenue.
The $858m figure, which was $210m above the engineer’s estimate, prompted a news item in the July 7th Sunday Stabroek querying how Mohamed’s had been awarded the contract under the circumstances.
Last evening, after promising for several days that it would issue a statement, the NPTAB said that the $858m which forms part of its record at the opening of the bids was a possible typographical error. It said that the official and winning bid from Mohamed’s Enterprise was $614.5m and this was $34m below the engineer’s estimate.