OFFICE OF THE CONTRACTOR-GENERAL

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The Office of the Contractor-General is the Secretariat for the Contractor-General and the National Contracts Commission. However, both the Contractor-General and the National Contracts Commission are independent, separate and distinct Commissions of Parliament. The Contractor-General is responsible solely for monitoring and investigating the award and implementation of Government contracts, licences and permits and related matters. The Contractor-General does not award, approve, endorse or recommend for award, approval or endorsement any Government contract, licence or permit.
The following have been endorsed by the National Contracts Commission during December 2006 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)
06.12.06	Ministry of Health	Construction of perimeter fence at Bellevue hospital	FENCING ASSOCIATES LTD.	$21,936,170.00
13.12.06	Factories Corporation of Jamaica Ltd.	Repairs to potable water distribution system	OMNI SERVICE CO LTD	$143,332.28
13.12.06	Factories Corporation of Jamaica Ltd.	Repairs to potable water distribution system	APPLIANCE TRADERS LIMITED	$1,640,428.45
13.12.06	National Housing Trust	Retention of International legal counsel	ALLEN & OVERY	US$300,000.00
13.12.06	National Housing Trust	Retention of arranger for debt financing	STANDARD NEW YORK SECURITIES CORP	US$1,650,000.00
13.12.06	Ministry of Finance and Planning	Supply of petroleum products for 2007-2008 retail	COOL PETROLEUM LIMITED	$993,027,900.00
13.12.06	Financial Services Commission	Procurement Phase 2 of consulting services for regulatory management and executive information system	PRICE WATERHOUSE COOPERS (PWC)	US$560,000.00
13.12.06	National Housing Trust	Supply and deliver general construction materials to Orange Park Housing development	CENTRAL SUPPLIES & CONSTRUCTION	$13,517,001.69
13.12.06	Transport Authority	Technical services for Linstead transport centre	APEC CONSULTANTS	$5,638,600.00
13.12.06	Ministry of Health	Supply, install and commission Ct Multi-Slice Scanners -Cricket 2007 Project	CONSUMABLES DIRECT SALES LIMITED	US$3,633,823.09
13.12.06	Ministry of Justice	Construction of Lay Magistrate Court at Santa Cruz	A1 CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LIMITED	$10,216,104.80
13.12.06	National Housing Trust	Supply and deliver aggregate to Orange Park Housing development	CENTRAL SUPPLIES & CONSTRUCTION	$6,519,600.00
13.12.06	National Housing Trust	Supply and deliver reinforcement bars to Orange Park Housing development	LATMAR ENTERPRISE LIMITED	$6,435,202.32
20.12.06	National Housing Trust	Supply and installation of system furniture (loan management dept)	STATIONERY & OFFICE SUPPLIES LIMITED	$10,082,958.50
20.12.06	National Housing Trust	Urban & Regional planning services for POINT Housing development	CAD IN ACTION	$8,500,000.00
20.12.06	National Water Commission	Advertising support services	DUNLOP CORBIN COMMUNICATIONS	$30,596,666.00
20.12.06	National Water Commission	Public relations support services	C.G.R. COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED	$13,010,000.00
20.12.06	Financial Services Commission	Renovation and extension to the fourth (4) floor at FSC building	21ST CENTURY BUILDING SERVICES LTD.	$7,109,848.00
20.12.06	Health Corporation of Jamaica	Construction of mezzanine floor at the HCJ building	DANEM ENGINEERS LIMITED	$4,102,116.20
20.12.06	Ministry of Health	Supply and install laboratory information system for the HIV/AIDS project	STARLIMS CORPORATION	US$1,050,000.00
20.12.06	Ministry of Education and Youth	Construction of sanitation block at Norwich Primary school	SOUTH'S WOODCRAFT & CONSTRUCTION	$4,502,663.40
20.12.06	National Water Commission	Internal Audit company sourcing services	DELOITTE TOUCHE TOHMATSU	$10,626,000.00
20.12.06	Nutrition Products Ltd	Provision of private security services	ATLAS PROTECTION LIMITED	$5,472,000.00
20.12.06	Ministry of Education and Youth	Consultancy for development of a strategic plan for ICT in education	INSTITUTO DE INFORMATICA EDUCATIVA	US$164,250.00
20.12.06	Port Authority of Jamaica	Repairs to Cargo Inspection System Pallet Machine 10	SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION (SAIC)	US$17,632.43
20.12.06	Port Authority of Jamaica	Follow-on Contract for LXE Mobile Computer Devices KCT	COMPUTEC SYSTEMS CORPORATION	US$453,476.20
20.12.06	Port Authority of Jamaica	Variation (Addition): Supply & Commission 6 Gantry Cranes at KCT	SHANGHAI ZHENHUA PORT MACHINERY COMPANY LIMITED	US$7,750,000.00
20.12.06	National Works Agency	Special Flood Damage programme 2006-2007 Hibiscus road St Mary	DWIGHT'S CONSTRUCTION LTD.	$7,213,735.17
20.12.06	Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade	Purchase of BMW motor cars for protocol fleet of vehicles	STEWART'S AUTO SALES LIMITED	$56,566,497.00
20.12.06	Port Authority of Jamaica	KCT 5 ground improvements at Hunts Bay Reclamation area R1 Phase II	E PIHL & SONS A.S.	$375,226,700.00
20.12.06	National Housing Trust	Supply, assemble and install furniture NHT St Catherine branch office	STATIONERY & OFFICE SUPPLIES LIMITED	$7,909,544.58
20.12.06	National Water Commission	Supply of 4x4 double cab pickups	KINGSTON INDUSTRIAL GARAGE	$16,500,000.00
20.12.06	National Works Agency	Variation (Addition): Road resurfacing works - South Camp and adjacent roads	SURREY PAVING & AGGREGATE CO. LTD	$57,347,750.00
20.12.06	National Works Agency	Special Flood Damage Programme 2006-2007	SURREY PAVING & AGGREGATE CO. LTD	$22,925,850.76

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

Contact:	Claudia Williams Communications Officer Office of the Contractor-General 17 Knutsford Boulevard Kingston 5	Phone:	929-6460; 968-8061 (pvt)
Contact:		e-mail:	cwilliams@ocg.gov.jm
Date:	15.01.07