These contracts will see better infrastructure in terms of roads in the various regions and also cater for the need of students attending the University of Guyana.  Contracts awarded are as follows:

Rehabilitation of main access roads:

• In Region Three, West Bank Demerara, the contract was awarded to Design Perspective for the sum of $18,172,000
• Region Four - Vlissengen Road, Mohamed Ramzalli Khan received the contract for the sum of $11,987,880
• Region Ten - Linden/Soesdyke Highway, that contract was awarded to SYMS General Construction totalling $47,992,643.
•  The contract for the rehabilitation of the Mon Repos railway embankment bridge Region Four, was awarded in the sum of $16,487,800 to H. Nauth and Sons Civil Engineering Contractors.
• Community roads in Kaneville, Golden Gove/Diamond, East Bank Demerara will be rehabilitated by H. Nauth and Sons at a contract value of $12,883,600 which represents an increase from the original contract sum of $68,695,802 to $81,579,402.
• Other community roads will be done in Damon Avenue, McKenzie and Well Road, South Amelia’s Ward, Linden by S. Jagmohan Hardware Supplies and Construction at the cost of $15,500,000
• At the cost of $81,693,812, there will be the installation of water transmission main (pipelines) and service connection upgrades along Duncan Street, Campbell Avenue and Durey Lane, Georgetown by Nabi Construction Inc.
• H. Nauth and Sons was awarded the contract in the sum of $40,256,240 to construct drains in Bartica, One to Five Miles, Bartica/Potaro road Region Seven.

Rehabilitation and Maintenance of roads will be done on the following:

• Rockstone to Mabura- this contract was awarded to Rim Construction Inc. for the sum of $31,394,000
• South Kurupukuri to Lethem, was awarded to JR Ranch Inc. for the sum of $34,353,333
• Lethem to Katoonarib and Aishalton to Kraudar, this contract was awarded to BK International Inc.  $28,432,670
• The Katoonarib to Aishalton contract was awarded to SYMS General Contractors totalling $28,355,00

Rehabilitation of Stellings will be done as follows:

• Bartica Stelling, Region Seven – the contract was awarded to JR Edmonson Building Works at a value of $30,678,900
• Leguan Stelling, Region Three – this was awarded  to S. Maraj Contracting Service for the sum of $24,393,060

Rehabilitation of vessels will be done on the following;

• MV Kimbia- this was awarded to Guyana National Industrial Company for the sum of $107,403,350
• MV Sandaka- was  awarded to Courtney Benn Construction Services Ltd totalling $33,443,018
• MV Barima- this contract was awarded to Courtney Benn Construction Services Ltd totalling $150,683,058

Several airstrips will be rehabilitated as follows:

• Eteringbang Airstrip, Region Seven- this contract awarded was awarded to Kares Engineering Inc. at a cost of $60,845,200
• Mahdia Airstrip - Region Seven. The contract was awarded to Technocon Investment, Procurement and General Contracting Solutions totalling $50,785,150

At Bagotville, West Bank Demerara, Region Three a sluice will be constructed. This sees an increase in the amount allocated of $7,575,000 to upgrade from wooden to concrete and steel structure. The contractor is SRKN Engineering.

Another sluice at La Grange, West Bank Demerara Region Three will be built. This sees an increase of $7,575,000M to upgrade from a wooden to concrete and steel structure. The contractor is also SRKN Engineering.

Meanwhile the Lusignan Landfill, Region Four, will be upgraded. The contract was awarded to Puran Brothers Inc., for the sum of $80,765,807.

A contract for the construction of a students’ loan agency building at the University of Guyana Campus, was awarded to Simcon Engineering Company at a cost of $15,841,691.

For the supply of water treatment chemicals the contract were awarded as follows:

• Hydrated Lime - Castalloy Co, Ltd at a cost of $70,977,600
• Calcium Hypochlorite - Castalloy Co, Ltd at a value of$88,950,960
• Salt - S. Jagmohan Hardware Supplies  was awarded the contract valued  $5,500,000

Laboratory equipment for the University of Guyana will be procured as follows;

• Basic and advanced biology, chemistry and physics equipment. The contract was awarded to Sotex International Ltd at a cost of £299,174.73
• Materials, science equipment – this was  awarded to Cedi Europe at a value of US$161,772.72
• Control engineering equipment - the contract was awarded to Cedi Europe at US$119,387.78
• Gas analysis equipment- the contract was awarded to Anologic Solutions at a value of US$116,826.82
• Analytic Chemical equipment - contract was awarded to Anologic Solutions at US$145,611.46
• Measuring equipment – the contract was  awarded to Western Scientific at US$29,847.26
• Heat equipment –Western Scientific got the contract valued  US$29,847.26
• General equipment – the contract was awarded to Cedi Europe at US$84,248.35

Nine tractors will be procured and the contract for this was awarded to General Equipment Guyana Ltd totalling $50,712,000 while a similar number of Hydraulic Skip Lift Trailers will be procured at a value of $42,525,000. The contract was awarded to General Equipment Guyana Ltd.

The contract for the construction of the Umana Yana was awarded to Collin Andrews and Paul Chekema at the sum of $48,093,504.

Meanwhile several contracts were awarded for the supply of dietary goods to the Essequibo Technical Institute.