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 March 2008, 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)
05.03.08	Registrar General's Department	Provide Armoured security guard services	RGD	GUARDSMAN ARMOURED LIMITED	ST	$10,566,400.00
05.03.08	Jamaica Bauxite Mining	Procure Control centre system and Electrical equipment	GOJ	ORCHARD ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURES & DISTRIBUTORS CO.	SS	$4,041,002.00
05.03.08	Ministry of Agriculture	Refurbish of Animal Quarantine Station	IADB	HOWARD CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LIMITED	ST	$14,525,845.00
05.03.08	Ministry of Education	Provide & install database software -facilities management	IADB	ILLUMINAT (JAMAICA) LIMITED	ST	US$208,201.76
05.03.08	Ministry of National Security	Purchase of security related items	GOJ		SS	US$149,500.00
12.03.08	Regional Health Authorities	Upgrade, refurbish, commission of elevators at Victoria Jubilee Hospital	NHF	ESSEX ELEVATOR COMPANY INC.	ST	US$189,600.00
12.03.08	National Housing Development Corporation	Frontier II Water supply installation works in St Mary	NHDC	CHAMPION INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES LIMITED	ST	$7,284,928.66
12.03.08	National Housing Trust	Consultancy Land surveying services for Longville Housing Development Phase 3	NHT	LLEWELYN ALLEN & ASSOCIATES	ST	$12,849,250.00
12.03.08	National Housing Trust	Consultancy civil engineering for Longville Housing Development Clarendon	NHT	JENTECH CONSULTANTS LTD	ST	$9,312,640.00
12.03.08	Ministry of Education	Expansion of the Green Island High School Hanover	GOJ	WEST BAY CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN CONSULTANTS LIMITED	ST	$7,891,423.00
12.03.08	Ministry of Education	Extension of Examination data processing contract 2008	GOJ	DPK INFORMATION SYSTEMS JA. LIMITED	SS	$51,165,660.00
12.03.08	Ministry of Education	Construction of new Primary school Mansfield St Ann	IADB	HDB CONSTRUCTION LIMITED	LT	$198,479,047.63
12.03.08	Rural Water Supply Company	Installation of 100mm & 50mm pipelines at Peace River Water Project Clarendon	GOJ	BACCHUS ENGINEERING WORKS LTD.	ST	$9,081,570.85
12.03.08	Petrojam Limited	Asphalt Vacuum tank replacement at Kingston Refinery	PCJ	D&D WELDING AND EQUIPMENT HIREAGE	LT	$7,028,900.00
19.03.08	Regional Health Authorities	Extension of the contract for Cleaning & porter services Bustamante Hospital for Children	GOJ	LAMASA LIMITED	SS	$15,657,962.22
19.03.08	University Hospital of the West Indies	Extension of the contract for Cleaning & porter services University Hospital Papine	UHWI	MILESTONE ENVIRONMENTAL LIMITED	SS	$57,752,946.72
19.03.08	Regional Health Authorities	Asbestos abatement project at Cornwall Regional Hospital	GOJ	EL-MECH ENGINEERS LTD.	ST	$12,551,400.00
19.03.08	National Housing Trust	Variation (Addition): Electrical Infrastructure works at BLOCK J Denham Town	NHT	ARIMA ENGINEERING COMPANY LIMITED	ST	$22,901,874.85
19.03.08	National Housing Trust	Variation (Addition): Civil Engineering Works at Board Villa Denham Town Block J.	NHT	TANKWELD CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD.	OT	$43,387,082.00
19.03.08	Regional Health Authorities	Extension of the contract for Cleaning & porter services Spanish Town Hospital	GOJ	MANPOWER AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES LIMITED	SS	$27,331,359.12
19.03.08	Regional Health Authorities	Extension of the contract for Cleaning & porter services Kingston Public & Victoria Jubilee hospitals	GOJ	LAMASA LIMITED	SS	$45,617,160.00
19.03.08	Jamaica Social Investment Fund	Variation (Addition): Operation Friendship Health Clinic repairs and refurbishing Kingston	IBRD	CHICON ENTERPRISE LIMITED	ST	$1,814,282.44
19.03.08	Ministry of Finance and the Public Service	Private security guard service at the Ministry	GOJ	GUARDSMAN LIMITED	ST	$16,912,080.00
19.03.08	National Works Agency	Flood control Gabion protective works at Drummond to Blocksburg St Andrew	GOJ	L & K CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LIMITED	LT	$4,767,500.00
19.03.08	Bank of Jamaica	Procurement of motor vehicles for the BOJ	BOJ	STEWART'S AUTO SALES LIMITED	ST	$12,040,914.24
26.03.08	National Water Commission	Procurement of tools to meet the needs of the NWC	NWC	INCOTEK COMPANY LIMITED	OT	$5,768,521.00
26.03.08	Port Authority of Jamaica	Procurement legal counsel for bond Issue international capital market	PAJ	ALLEN & OVERY	LT	US$350,000.00
26.03.08	National Housing Trust	Printing and Mail distribution services	NHT	XSOMO INTERNATIONAL LIMITED	LT	$9,415,200.00
26.03.08	Ministry of National Security	Procurement of motor vehicles for the JCF and ISCF	GOJ	TOYOTA JAMAICA LIMITED	LT	$65,197,591.00
26.03.08	Port Authority of Jamaica	Structural repairs to Portland Point Lighthouse	PAJ	GENERAL PAINTING LIMITED	ST	$8,325,234.00
26.03.08	Rural Water Supply Company	Pipe laying contract 2 Askenish-Dias water supply scheme	GOJ	A1 CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LIMITED	ST	$9,569,670.00
26.03.08	Rural Water Supply Company	Pipe laying contract 1 Askenish-Dias water supply scheme	GOJ	A1 CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LIMITED	ST	$9,957,200.00
26.03.08	Jamaica Social Investment Fund	Hermitage Multi-purpose facilities and community centre	IADB	D.BISASOR & ASSOCIATES LTD	ST	$23,856,227.00
26.03.08	Jamaica Social Investment Fund	Zinc fence removal for blockworks at Whitfield Town	IBRD	ROCK & DIRT (JA) LIMITED	ST	$8,352,602.35
26.03.08	Jamaica Social Investment Fund	Construct Community Center at Knollis St Catherine	IBRD	KSA ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS LTD	ST	$57,727,498.30
26.03.08	National Housing Trust	Consultancy civil engineering for NHT Point Housing Development	NHT	JENTECH CONSULTANTS LTD	ST	$19,978,332.03
26.03.08	Ministry of Transport and Works	Washington Boulevard Improvement project (Fifth Road)	CDB	MOTT MACDONALD	OT	£635,373.00
26.03.08	Taxpayer Audit and Assessment Department	Procure personal computers with LCD Monitors and Laptops	GOJ	SSP APTEC LIMITED	OT	US$105,507.80
26.03.08	National Housing Development Corporation	Bourkesfield Subdivision for 131 Lots Infrastructure Works	NHDC	CONSTRUCTION SOLUTIONS LTD.	OT	$49,891,746.00
13.02.08 Late entry for February	Rural Water Supply Ltd	Pipe-laying works at Fruitful Vale Water Supply in Portland	GOJ	N.F BARNES CONSTRUCTION & EQUIP.CO LTD	ST	$9,473,940.00

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

Contracts valued $15,000,000.00 and above are subject to approval by Cabinet.
Contact:	Communications Department Office of the Contractor-General PIOJ Building, 16 Oxford Road, Kingston 5 Craig Beresford, Director, Licences, Permits and Non-Construction Contracts	Phone:	929-6460
		e-mail: Date:	communications@ocg.gov.jm April 25, 2008