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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The following have been endorsed by the National Contracts Commission during August 2004 for award, under the provision of Section 23D(1)(b) of the Contractor-General Act. This notice of the endorsements is not confirmation of the actual awards. Government of Jamaica procurement contracts are awarded by the Ministries or Agencies of Government. Please contact the responsible Ministry or Agency for confirmation of details of these.

DATE	GOVERNMENT AGENCY	CONTRACT DESCRIPTION	CONTRACTOR	CONTRACT VALUE J$ (unless otherwise stated)
04.08.04	National Housing Trust	Upgrade of Waste Water Treatment Plant – Red Hills Pen Housing Development, Morant Bay, St. Thomas	Professional Haulage and Construction Company Limited	$ 8,807,232.85
04.08.04	The Port Authority of Jamaica	Re-engineering of the billing and collection support system at Kingston Container Terminal (supply of systems)	COSMOS N V	US$ 370,000.00
04.08.04	The Port Authority of Jamaica	Re-engineering of the billing and collection support system at Kingston Container Terminal (Implementation of systems)	Adjoined Consulting	US$ 131,000.00
04.08.04	University Hospital of the West Indies	Provision of Dietary and Catering Services	Nutrition Management Services	$308,101,008.00
04.08.04	National Housing Trust	Supply and Install Elevator for Proposed Multi-Storey Car Park at NHT ,Park Boulevard	Jamaica Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Limited	$ 8,634,392.50
25.08.04	Jamaica Social Investment Fund	Buff Bay Baptist Basic School Construction	W.G. Walters Construction Company Limited	$ 7,996,504.12
25.08.04	Jamaica Social Investment Fund	Homestead Place of Safety Rehabilitation	Contraxx Enterprises Limited	$ 11,775,980.00
25.08.04	Jamaica Social Investment Fund	New Road Basic School Construction	W.A. Reid Construction Co. Ltd.	$ 6,445,592.20
25.08.04	Jamaica Social Investment Fund	Rock Hall All-Age School Expansion	Howard Construction Co. Ltd.	$ 7,108,378.56
25.08.04	Jamaica Social Investment Fund	St. Andrew basic School Rehabilitation and Sanitation	Howard Construction Co. Ltd.	$ 5,164,437.00
25.08.04	Port Authority of Jamaica	Supply of Twelve (12) new motor vehicles – Kingston Container Terminal, Port Bustamante	Key Motors Limited	US$210,858.60

Contracts valued $15,000,000.00 and above are subject to approval by Cabinet.

Contact: Andrea Hoo Fung

Communications Officer

Office of the Contractor-General

17 Knutsford Boulevard

Kingston 5

Phone: 929-6460

968-8061 (pvt)

e-mail ahoofung@ocg.gov.jm

Date: September 29, 2004

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