GUYANA - After spending over $300 million to reha-bilitate the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall since 2022, the Ministry of Culture,
Youth and Sport is preparing to spend approximately $24 million more to rehabilitate the facility’s roof.
This is according to an invitation for bids issued by the ministry, which stated that the bids for the project are expected to open on May 13, 2025, at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) office.
Kaieteur News had reported that the ministry commenced the rehabilitation project in 2022 to modernise the sporting facility.
During a visit to the sports hall back in November 2022, Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Charles Ramson, told this publication that a contract worth $97M, which was awarded to ECS Construction & General Supplies, covered only the first phase of the project. That phase, he noted, entailed the redesign of the front section of the building, which would be reconstructed. The minister explained that the works at the sports hall would be carried out in phases that would run concurrently.
This publication had reported that in December 2022, the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) had awarded an initial contract for the installation of the HVAC systems at the facility. That project was given to ECS Construction & General Supplies to the sum of $89,840,020.
Aside from the $97 million contract and the $89 million contract for the HVAC, the NPTAB had also awarded a contract in December 2022 for electrical installation. That project was awarded to A. Ogransein & Sons to the tune of $31,409,000.
Following that, NPTAB awarded a $60,324,675 contract to S&K Construction Consultancy Service & General Supply for the completion of the northern face of the building.
Speaking about the rehabilitation of the sports hall back in January during a press briefing, Minister Ramson had disclosed that in total, the government had, at that time, invested some $321 million in various works to the building.
Providing a brief breakdown on some of the projects, he said that for plumbing works, approximately $7.6 million was spent, and that was done by KNV Designs Construction. Another $4 million was spent to replace an area which had rotten boards in a concrete structure. (Kaieteur News)
