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.

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The following contract award recommendations have been endorsed and/or approved by the National Contracts Commission (NCC) during January 2011, for award, under the powers which are reserved to the NCC by Sections 23D(1)(b) & (c) of the Contractor-General Act. These notices of endorsement and/or approval by the NCC do not constitute a confirmation of the actual awards. Government of Jamaica procurement contracts are ultimately awarded by the relevant Ministries or Agencies of Government. Please contact the responsible Ministry or Agency of Government for confirmation of the details of actual contract awards.

DATE	GOVERNMENT AGENCY	CONTRACT DESCRIPTION	FUND	CONTRACTOR	PROCUREMENT METHOD	CONTRACT VALUE J$ (unless otherwise stated)
05.01.11	Port Authority of Jamaica	The provision of Audits of the Financial Statements of the Port Authority of Jamaica's Subsidiaries.	PAJ	DELLOITTE & TOUCHE	ST	$20,350,711.00
05.01.11	Port Authority of Jamaica	The provision of Audits of the Financial Statements of the Port Authority of Jamaica.	PAJ	PRICE WATERHOUSE COOPERS	ST	$32,761,237.00
05.01.11	Fiscal Services Limited	The procurement of Private Security Guard Services.	GOJ	GUARDSMAN LIMITED	ST	$22,776,219.00
05.01.11	Petrojam Limited	The provision of Maintenance Services.	PCJ	POWERGEN LIMITED	ST	$48,018,131.20
12.01.11	Petrojam Limited	The provision of Security Management Services.	PCJ	SECURITY ADVISORY & MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED	ST	$138,685,546.23
12.01.11	Ministry of Education	The provision of Computerized Examination Data Processing Services for the Student Assessment Unit.	GOJ	DPK INFORMATION SYSTEMS LIMITED	ST	$20,507,923.88
12.01.11	Ministry of Education	The upgrading of general facilities and the construction of a boundary wall at the Tivoli Gardens High School - Rehabilitation of the Schools Programme 2010 - 2011	GOJ	ALFRASURE STRUCTURES & ROOFING LIMITED	ST	$45,418,632.00
12.01.11	Ministry of Education	The rehabilitation of Knockalva Agricultural School I the parish of Hanover - Rehabilitation of the Schools Programme.	GOJ	N R DIARAM CONSTRUCTION LIMITED	ST	$15,544,085.00
12.01.11	Human Employment and Resource Training/HEART Trust NTA	The supply of 300 Systems Units and 200 Flat Panel Monitors for HEART ITC-TVET Resource Centre, Gordon Town Road, Kingston 6.	HT/NTA	MEDIA NET LIMITED	ST	US$254,140.75
12.01.11	Jamaica Social Investment Fund	The rehabilitation of Parottee Rural Feeder Road in the parish of St. Elizabeth.	IBRD	CONTRAXX ENTERPRISE LIMITED	ST	$37,903,300.00
12.01.11	Jamaica Social Investment Fund	The assembling of a Bailey Bridge at Brandon Hill to Belair and rehabilitation of 200 meters of Farm Access Road.	CDB	AEGISCO LIMITED	ST	$16,983,500.00
12.01.11	Jamaica Social Investment Fund	The rehabilitation of the Gregory Park Primary School in the parish of St. Catherine.	EU	SHARE CON CONSTRUCTION LTD	ST	$28,979,705.00
12.01.11	Jamaica Social Investment Fund	The renovation and rehabilitation of the Glendevon Skills Training Centre in the parish of St. James.	CDB	SHARE CON CONSTRUCTION LTD	ST	$36,815,755.00
12.01.11	Jamaica Social Investment Fund	The construction of Maranatha Ministries Basic School in the parish of St. Andrew.	EU	ALCAR CONSTRUCTION & HAULAGE CO. LTD.	ST	$32,108,457.00
12.01.11	Jamaica Social Investment Fund	The installation of a pumping unit, motor control centre and the construction of a Storage Tank at the Thornton Water Supply Booster Station a in the parish of St. Thomas.	CDB	HDB CONSTRUCTION LIMITED	ST	$11,233,261.96
12.01.11	Jamaica Social Investment Fund	The construction of the St. Monica's Home Greenhouse and perimeter fencing in the parish of St. Catherine.	EU	B.W.THOMPSON & ASSOCIATES	ST	$12,515,336.00
12.01.11	Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica	Sole Source Procurement for the re-engagement of Financial Consulting Services from Taylor DeJongh for PCJ's Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) Project.	PET-CAR	TAYLOR DEJONGH	SS	US$631,600.00
12.01.11	Ministry of National Security	Direct Contracting for the upgrading of Electrical Works at the Jamaica Police Academy, Twickenham Park, St. Catherine.	GOJ	RURAL ELECTRICAL PROGRAMME (R.E.P.)	DC*	$33,080,000.00
12.01.11	Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC)	The provision of Security Guards, Panic Alarms, Armed Response and Cash - in Transit Services for the period 2010 - 2012.	GOJ	GUARDSMAN LIMITED	ST	$147,337,404.69
19.01.11	Office of the Prime Minister	The renewal and upgrade of the Local Area Network Infrastructure at the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM).	GOJ	SYNCON TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED	ST	$11,521,043.61
19.01.11	Housing Agency of Jamaica Ltd	Infrastructure Works at Providence Heights (Phase 2) Flankers, in the parish of St. James.	TEF	ALCAR CONSTRUCTION & HAULAGE CO. LTD.	LT	$157,616,771.45
19.01.11	Housing Agency of Jamaica Ltd	Infrastructure Works at Whitehall (Phase 3) in the parish of Westmoreland.	NHT	ASHTROM BUILDING SYSTEMS LTD.	LT	$502,015,769.76
19.01.11	National Water Commission	The rehabilitation and commissioning of the Coopers Hill Portable Water Welded Steel Tank at Upper St. Andrew.	NWC	BACCHUS ENGINEERING WORKS LIMITED	ST	$14,456,688.00
26.01.11	Nutrition Products Ltd.	The provision of Security Services for Nutrition Products Limited's (NPL) Kingston Plant.	GOJ	KNIGHTSMAN LIMITED	ST	$16,081,200.00
26.01.11	Human Employment and Resource Training/HEART Trust NTA	The proposed construction of (Steel Pan) Warehouse Facilities at 76 Marcus Garvey Drive, Kingston.	HT/NTA	AEGISCO LIMITED	ST	$12,103,483.00
26.01.11	Port Authority of Jamaica	The construction of Asphaltic Concrete Pavement and Drain Construction Works at the Montego Bay Freeport.	PAJ	SHARE CON LTD	LT	$32,834,560.00
26.01.11	Ministry of Tourism	Follow-on Contract for a period of eighteen (18) months to provide in the north, south and central America PR and marketing services, programme, media liaison, creation and dissemination of promotional material and development of strategy to enhance the image of the destination.	GOJ	RUDER FINN	**	US$1,108,800.00
26.01.11	Ministry of Tourism	Follow-on Contract for a period of eighteen (18) months to provide in the United Kingdom PR and marketing services, programme, media liaison, creation and dissemination of promotional material and development of strategy to enhance the image of the destination.	GOJ	MCCLUSKEY INTERNATIONAL LTD	**	£180,000.00
26.01.11	Ministry of Tourism	Follow-on Contract for a period of eighteen (18) months to provide advertising services.	GOJ	DRAFT FCB	**	US$1,085,000.00
26.01.11	Ministry of Health and Environment	Direct Contract Procurement for the supply of accessories for the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Machine at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH).	GOJ	AREL LIMITED	DC*	US$57,444.12
26.01.11	Ministry of Justice	The fabrication and installation of a Proposed Metal Bridge linking old NCB Building to the Supreme Court.	GOJ	TANKWELD LTD.	LT	$15,350,108.00
26.01.11	Housing Agency of Jamaica Ltd	Sole Source procurement for the construction of Infrastructure for two hundred and seventy (278) Serviced Lots at Boscobel Brownfield in the parish of St. Mary.	GOJ	DWIGHT'S CONSTRUCTION LTD.	SS	$20,421,650.00

Procurement Method Key: LT=Limited Tender, OT=Open Tender, ST=Selective Tender, SS=Sole Source, DC=Direct Contracting

*The NCC offered No Objection to the use of the Direct Contracting Procurement Methodology for the award of the referenced contracts.

**The NCC offered No Objection to the referenced contracts.

Contracts valued above $30,000,000.00 are subject to approval by Cabinet.

Contact:	Craig Beresford Senior Director, Monitoring Operations Corporate Communication and Special Projects Office of the Contractor-General 1st Floor, PIOJ Building 16 Oxford Road Kingston 5	Phone:	Direct: 876-926-0034; Mobile: 876-564-1806
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Date:	28.02.11