Bids invited for four-lane road to new Harbour Bridge

As the construction of the new Demerara Harbour Bridge proceeds apace, government has advertised for contractors to build the four-lane approach road on the East Bank of Demerara to the bridge.

With the procuring entity being the Ministry of Housing and Water, Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA), government issued the call for bidders, informing them that they will need bid security which will be 1.5 per cent of the bid price if they bid between $500 million and $999 million. If the bid is $1 billion and above, the bid security will be one per cent of the bid price.

Divided into six lots, the ministry said that interested bidders may obtain further information from CH&PA and inspect the bidding documents between the hours of 9am and 3:30pm on work days.