news release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The following have been endorsed by the National Contracts Commission during September 2005 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)
14.09.05	Bank of Jamaica	Procurement of 105 Personal Computers	Management Control Systems Limited		US$ 114,450.00
14.09.05	Bank of Jamaica	Procurement of 33 Notebook Computers	Illuminat (Ja.) Limited		$ 4,053,126.00
14.09.05	National Water Commission	GOJ – EU Rural Water Supply Project. Phase II, 8CP, JM011: Lot 1 – Construction Works, Hope Bay	M & M Limited		$102,044,595.91
14.09.05	National Water Commission	GOJ – EU Rural Water Supply Project. Phase II, 8CP, JM011: Lot 2 – Construction Works, Milk River	M & M Limited		$ 82,533,735.31
14.09.05	National Water Commission	GOJ – EU Rural Water Supply Project. Phase II, 8CP, JM011: Lot 3 – Construction Works, Shettlewood	M & M Limited		$125,306,116.10
14.09.05	National Housing Trust	Renovations to NHT’s St. James Branch Office – Installation of air conditioning and exhaust systems	CAC 2000 Limited		$ 11,879,014.62
14.09.05	National Housing Trust	Renovations to NHT’s St. James Branch Office – Electrical Works	Synergy Engineering Limited		$ 13,358,894.17
14.09.05	South East Regional Health Authority	Renovation and Restoration at Kingston Public and Victoria Jubilee Hospitals	Chicon Enterprises Limited		$ 10,531,287.26
14.09.05	South East Regional Health Authority	Renovation and Restoration at Bellevue Hospital	Chicon Enterprises Limited		$ 6,398,700.00
14.09.05	Jamaica Library Service	Implementation of Wide Area Network at Offices locates at Kingston and St. Andrew Parish Library	IBM World Trade Corporation		US$ 231,208.86
14.09.05	Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ)	Hiring of Tug Boat service in Kingston Harbour to replace PAJ’s dry-docked Tug “Ocho Rios	Coloured Fin limited		US$ 155,907.00
14.09.05	Port Authority of Jamaica	Dry-docking of the Tug “Ocho Rios”	North Florida Shipyard Inc.		US$ 125,224.00
21.09.05	Petrojam Limited	Financial Advisory and Lead Funding Arrangement – Refinery Upgrade Project	KPMG/National Commercial Bank		US$ 2,940,000.00
21.09.05	National Irrigation Commission Limited	Supply and Installation of Pumping Equipment/ Rehabilitation of Five Wells	Jamaica Wells and Services Limited		$102,317,775.86
21.09.05	Jamaica Social Investment Fund	Old Harbour Basic School - Construction of a three-classroom basic school and sanitary facilities	Garan-Tee Construction Company		$ 8,986,473.00
21.09.05	Jamaica Social Investment Fund	Duanvale Primary School – Rehabilitation and Construction of classroom and sanitation facilities	Howard Construction Company		$11,911,087.50
21.09.05	Fiscal Services limited	IBM Informix Maintenance Agreement	IBM world Trade Corporation		US$ 2,050,244.00
21.09.05	Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica & National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago	Jamaica LNG Import Terminal Project – Front End Engineering Design	Mustang Engineering L.P.		US$ 2,040,000.00
21.09.05	National Water Commission	Rural Water Supply Project, Phase II, Christiana/Spaldings (Lot No. 3) – Upgrading and Refurbishing of existing scheme and installation of pipeline	M & M Jamaica Limited		$165,315,967.00
28.09.05	National Water Commission	To provide Group Health Insurance, 2005 – 2007	Life of Jamaica Limited		$166,502,484.00 (annually)
28.09.05	National Water Commission	To provide Group Life and Personal Accident Insurance, 2005 – 2007	Progressive Insurance Brokers		$ 10,363,473.00
28.09.05	National Works Agency	Sandy Gully Emergency Repairs – Trade Centre: Reinforced Concrete Wall and Invert Slab	Chin’s Construction		$ 4,657,951.43
28.09.05	National Works Agency	Sandy Gully Emergency Repairs – Blaise Industrial Park: Random rubble Stone Wall and Invert Slab	Chin’s Construction		$ 4,855,490.00
28.09.05	The University of Technology, Jamaica	The Supply of Computer Hardware for the University of Technology, Jamaica	Business Management Limited		$ 9,635,150.00
28.09.05	Ministry of Finance and Planning	Provision of Janitorial and related services	Minott Janitorial Services Limited		$ 486,211.80
28.09.05	Southern Regional Health Authority	To provide 24-hour Security Services at the Percy Junor Hospital	Quest Security Services		$ 10,935,000.00 (for three years)
28.09.05	Southern Regional Health Authority	To provide 24-hour Security Services at the Black River Hospital	Quest Security Services		$ 7,290,00.00 (for three years)
28.09.05	Southern Regional Health Authority	To provide 24-hour Security Services at the May Pen Hospital	Crime Prevention Security Limited		$ 25,751,317.50 (for three years)
28.09.05	Southern Regional Health Authority	To provide 24-hour Security Services at the Mandeville Regional Hospital	Sentinel Stanguard and Investigations Limited		$ 39,015,000.00 (for three years)
28.09.05	Creative Production &Training Centre (CPTC)	Supply and Installation of Equipment for CPTC’s Studio	Broadcast International Group		US$ 741,544.00
28.09.05	University of Technology, Jamaica	Provision of Security Guard Services for the University of Technology, Jamaica	Atlas Protection Limited		$ 18,587,320.00

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

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Contact: Andrea Hoo Fung Phone: 929-6460; 968-8061 (pvt)

Communications Officer

Office of the Contractor-General E-mail: ahoofung@ocg.gov.jm

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Kingston 5

Date: 13^th October, 2005