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.
NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The following have been endorsed by the National Contracts Commission during October 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)
04.10.06	National Works Agency	Special Flood damage critical retaining wall programme phase 2	ALCAR CONSTRUCTION & HAULAGE CO. LTD.	$5,179,600.00
04.10.06	National Works Agency	Special Flood damage critical retaining wall programme phase 2	DWIGHT'S CONSTRUCTION LTD.	$9,886,400.00
04.10.06	National Works Agency	Special Flood damage critical retaining wall programme phase 2	L & K CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LIMITED	$7,762,350.00
04.10.06	Nutrition Products Ltd	Provision of Ice Builder and condenser	KD MACHINERY LIMITED	$7,910,559.43
04.10.06	Culture, Health, Arts, Sports	proposed modification and addition to Agnes Basic School	BELLROCK CONSTRUCTION COMPANY	$11,236,717.00
04.10.06	University of the West Indies	Improve Preservation and Conservation Facilities	J A FLESHNER CO	US$47,800.00
04.10.06	Ministry of Local Government and Environment	National Heroes Park Redevelopment project		$2,000,000.00
04.10.06	National Water Commission	Supplying Chlorine Truck	JAMAICA INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT COMPANY LIMITED	$5,940,000.00
04.10.06	National Water Commission	Cricket World Cup 2007 Improvement reconstruction sewer South Camp Road	D.BISASOR & ASSOCIATES LTD	$29,448,758.46
04.10.06	National Works Agency	Special Flood damage critical retaining wall programme phase 2	DWIGHT'S CONSTRUCTION LTD.	$13,927,300.00
04.10.06	National Works Agency	Special Flood damage critical retaining wall programme phase 2	SURREY PAVING & AGGREGATE CO. LTD	$14,372,700.00
04.10.06	Ministry of Health	HIV-AIDS Treatment & Prevention Project procurement of antiretroviral drugs	LASCO DISTRIBUTORS LIMITED	US$108,402.00
04.10.06	Ministry of Health	HIV-AIDS Treatment & Prevention Project procurement of antiretroviral drugs	GILEAD	US$338,752.92
04.10.06		HIV-AIDS Treatment & Prevention Project procurement of antiretroviral drugs	ABBOTT LABORATORIES	US$456,235.50
04.10.06	Ministry of Health	HIV-AIDS Treatment & Prevention Project procurement of antiretroviral drugs	MEDI-GRACE LIMITED	US$587,358.00
04.10.06	National Works Agency	Special Flood damage critical retaining wall programme phase 2	QUALITY ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION LTD.	$11,241,000.00
04.10.06	Ministry of National Security	Cricket World Cup 2007 procurement of motor vehicles and bikes	STEWART'S AUTO SALES LIMITED	$19,383,977.95
04.10.06	Ministry of National Security	Cricket World Cup 2007 procurement of motor vehicles and bikes	TOYOTA JAMAICA LIMITED	$92,583,406.65
04.10.06	National Works Agency	Special Flood damage critical retaining wall programme phase 2	CHIN'S CONSTRUCTION LTD.	$12,642,800.00
11.10.06	Ministry of Education and Youth	Technical assistance for Communition programme to support the Education Transformation Team	PRISM COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED	$30,000,000.00
11.10.06	Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica	Jamaica LNG Import Terminal Project -Legal Advisory Services	LATHAM & WATKINS	US$935,000.00
11.10.06	Jamaica Fire Brigade	Procure firefighters protective gears.	NATIONAL SAFETY LIMITED	$63,609,972.40
11.10.06	Planning Institute of Jamaica	Preparation of comprehensive Project Development Services	FOCAL POINT CONSULTING LIMITED	$6,092,100.00
11.10.06	Jamaica Social Investment Fund	Consulting for Inner City basic services project:- Mediation, conflict resolution and management	DISPUTE RESOLUTION FOUNDATION	$12,978,437.44
11.10.06	Ministry of Education and Youth	National Consultation on Legal and Regulatory Framework	JANET BROWN	$4,792,500.00
11.10.06	Ministry of Health	Cricket World Cup 2007 entry and external works Falmouth Hospital	ASPHALTIC CONCRETE ENTERPRISE LIMITED	$34,306,605.00
11.10.06	Ministry of Health	Cricket World Cup 2007 Emergency medical services Falmouth hospital	E & W CONSTRUCTION	$7,889,165.00
11.10.06	Ministry of Health	Cricket World Cup 2007 accident and emergency contract 2 Falmouth Hospital	D. T. BROWN CONSTRUCTION LTD.	$71,624,923.64
11.10.06	University of Technology, Jamaica	Manufacturer Uniforms for female administration and technical staff	CAROMAX ENTERPRISES LIMITED	$4,939,535.00
11.10.06	National Works Agency	Special Flood damage repair works programme 2006-2007 Phase 2	SURREY PAVING & AGGREGATE CO. LTD	$7,264,551.20
11.10.06	National Works Agency	Special Flood damage critical retaining wall programme phase 2	ALCAR CONSTRUCTION & HAULAGE CO. LTD.	$11,631,900.00
11.10.06	National Works Agency	Special Flood damage critical retaining wall programme phase 2	QUALITY ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION LTD.	$19,854,750.00
11.10.06	National Works Agency	Special Flood damage repair works programme 2006-2007 Phase 2	SANJON ASPHALTING CO. LIMITED	$12,645,196.89
11.10.06	Ministry of Health	Cricket World Cup 2007 expansion of intensive care unit CRH	G.M. & ASSOCIATES LTD.	$43,145,939.10
18.10.06	Rural Water Supply Company	Darliston Water supply scheme contract #10 Pipelaying	FREDRICK RODRIQUES & ASSOCIATES LTD.	$29,722,825.00
18.10.06	Rural Water Supply Company	Darliston Water supply scheme contract #9 Pipelaying	FREDRICK RODRIQUES & ASSOCIATES LTD.	$33,374,572.00
18.10.06	National Housing Trust	Supply & Deliver roof material to Morris Meadows Housing Development	ALFRASURE STRUCTURES & ROOFING	$9,545,000.00
18.10.06	National Housing Trust	Urban & Regional planning services for POINT Housing development	WARREN WESTON LIMITED	$4,900,000.00
18.10.06	Ministry of Education and Youth	Expansion to Montego bay infant school	RICAM CONSTRUCTION	$10,453,630.70
18.10.06	National Water Commission	Twickenham Park Replacement of Well	HOOD - DANIEL WELL COMPANY LIMITED	$10,568,923.75
18.10.06	Rural Water Supply Company	Darliston Water Supply Scheme reinstatement of pipeline trenches	NEVILLE DIARAM	$6,448,970.00
18.10.06	Jamaica Social Investment Fund	Mount Salus basic school construction St Andrew	W. A. REID CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD.	$12,420,572.00
18.10.06	Regional Health Authorities	Rehabilitation of the Laboratory at Spanish Town Hospital	EAGLE CONSTRUCTION LIMITED	$8,618,101.00
18.10.06	National Works Agency	Special Flood Damage Programme 2006-2007 Bound Brook Crescent Portland	CONSTRUCTION SOLUTIONS LTD.	$4,874,153.57
18.10.06	Statistical Institute of Jamaica	Implementation of Database Management Systems	IBM WORLD TRADE CORPORATION	$58,300,000.00
18.10.06	Ministry of Education and Youth	Provision for supplying 150 laptop computers under PESP sub-component EMIS	FUJITSU TRANSACTION SOLUTIONS (JA.) LIMITED	US$202,223.25
18.10.06	Jamaica Social Investment Fund	Sunbury Basic school Hurricane Ivan Repairs	SEALAND ELECTRICAL SALES & SERVICES CO. LTD	$8,532,560.00
18.10.06	Jamaica Social Investment Fund	Jackson District roads rehabilitation St Mary.	CONTRAX ENTERPRISE LIMITED	$23,582,017.00
25.10.06	National Water Commission	Variation (Addition): Supply of uniforms Category 1 for supervisory and pre-supervisory staff for January 2007 to June 2008	SUN ISLAND JAMAICA LIMITED	$110,522.22
25.10.06	National Water Commission	Variation (Addition): Supply of uniforms categories C, E, F & G for supervisory and pre supervisory staff for January 2007 to June 2008	L.P. AZAR LIMITED	$-183,849.00
25.10.06	National Water Commission	Variation (Addition): Supply uniforms category H for supervisory and pre-supervisory staff for January 2007 to June 2008	FABRIC CONSULTANTS LIMITED	$1,655,497.70
25.10.06	National Water Commission	Variation (Addition): Supply of categories A, B & J uniforms for supervisory and pre-supervisory staff for January 2007 to June 2008	CAROMAX ENTERPRISES LIMITED	$2,735,275.20
25.10.06	Factories Corporation of Jamaica Ltd.	Insurance Coverage islandwide for FCJ	MARATHON INSURANCE BROKERS LIMITED	$53,683,387.00
25.10.06	National Housing Trust	Quantity Surveying services for all INNER CITY Housing projects sites	NEVILLE A. MILLS & ASSOC. LTD.	$9,375,000.00
25.10.06	National Works Agency	Special Flood Damage programme Package 2 South Ave 2006-2007	SURREY PAVING & AGGREGATE CO. LTD	$12,719,865.21
25.10.06	National Works Agency	Procure Emergency signs and poles for hurricane season	3M INTERAMERICA INC.	$4,397,300.00
25.10.06	National Works Agency	Special Flood Damage programme 2006-2007 Portland	GENERAL PAVING COMPANY LTD.	$30,972,213.75
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:	16.11.06

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