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 November 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)
Late entry 17.09.08	National Housing Trust	Fabrications and installation of Sun-Screens at the St James branch office	NHT	WELDTRON LIMITED	ST	$6,955,478.10
05.11.08	Ministry of National Security	Construction of Mortuary building at 149 Orange Street.	GOJ	TANKWELD METALS	ST	$425,608,522.95
05.11.08	Ministry of National Security	Supply and delivery of 90 Patrol Cars with Flashing lights and siren for the JCF.	GOJ	STEWART'S AUTO SALES LIMITED	ST	US$1,788,884.21
05.11.08	Ministry of National Security	Supply and delivery of 24 Sport Utility vehicles 20 with Flashing lights and siren for the JCF.	GOJ	TOYOTA JAMAICA LIMITED	ST	US$846,477.76
05.11.08	Ministry of National Security	Supply and delivery of 50 Double Cab pickup trucks for the JCF.	GOJ	KINGSTON INDUSTRIAL GARAGE	ST	US$1,535,687.67
05.11.08	Ministry of National Security	Supply and delivery of 8 fifteen seater buses 5 with Flashing lights and siren for the JCF.	GOJ	TOYOTA JAMAICA LIMITED	ST	US$210,649.28
05.11.08	Jamaica Bauxite Mining	Provision for private security services at JBM Lydford Complex and Ocho Rios Port St Ann for contract period of 3 years.	JBM	PROTECTION SECURITY COMPANY LIMITED	ST	$5,805,000.00
05.11.08	National Works Agency	Construction of NWA North East regional office in Port Antonio.	GOJ	N.F BARNES CONSTRUCTION & EQUIP. CO. LTD	ST	$21,416,612.00
05.11.08	Ministry of Education	General repairs and construction of new lavatory and canteen block at Ocho Rios Primary School.	GOJ	ENTERPRISING SOLUTION LIMITED	ST	$11,426,906.00
05.11.08	Ministry of Education	Construction of super structure proto type 4 classrooms block at Ebony Grove High school in Clarendon.	GOJ	TROPICAL METAL PRODUCTS LIMITED	LT	$7,270,894.00
05.11.08	Ministry of Education	Provision and installation of PBX Network system for the Ministry.	GOJ		ST	US$159,755.36
05.11.08	Petroleum Company of Jamaica	Procurement of a used LPG Bobtail Truck for Petcom.	PETCOM	EVERYTHING FOR GAS INTERNATIONAL	SS	US$63,249.61
05.11.08	Ministry of National Security	Construction of the Point Hill Police Station building in St Catherine.	GOJ	SHARE CON LTD	ST	$30,797,413.15
05.11.08	Ministry of National Security	Construction of Police Station building at Alexandria in St Ann.	GOJ	SHARE CON LTD	ST	$30,296,913.35
05.11.08	Central Wastewater Treatment Company Limited	Emergency Repairs to damage sewer line and pipe bridge at Shoe Maker Gully in Kingston.	GOJ	ASHTROM BUILDING SYSTEMS LTD.	SS	$10,000,000.00
05.11.08	Caribbean Maritime Institute	Supply and install blade server and thin clients network upgrade at CMI Palisadoes Park	CMI		ST	US$198,801.40
12.11.08	Ministry of Health and Environment	Provision for Dietary services for Kingston Public, Victoria Jubilee and National Chest Hospitals for three (3) months at $10.9 million per month.	GOJ	CATERERS IN MOTION	SS	$32,700,000.00
12.11.08	Human Employment and Resource Training/HEART Trust	Provision for pest control services for 33 months contract duration at all of Heart Trust locations.	HT/NTA	RENTOKIL INITIAL JAMAICA LIMITED	ST	$14,265,147.00
12.11.08	Kingston City Centre Improvement Company	Roof repairs and associated works at the Ward Theatre complex.	TEF	INCOMPARABLE ENTERPRISES LIMITED	ST	$16,908,875.00
12.11.08	National Works Agency	Emergency Hurricane Gustav repair works to drainage, pavement, retaining wall construction at Mizpah-Allison in Clarendon.	GOJ	SWC WOODWORK CONSTRUCTION LIMITED	SS	$27,531,528.04
12.11.08	National Works Agency	Emergency Hurricane Gustav repair works to drainage, pavement, retaining wall construction at Bombie-Allison-Cobbla in Clarendon.	GOJ	SWC WOODWORK CONSTRUCTION LIMITED	SS	$29,985,856.11
12.11.08	National Works Agency	Emergency Hurricane Gustav repair works to drainage, pavement, retaining wall construction at Craig Head-Ballynure in Manchester.	GOJ	C .A.B. CONSTRUCTION	LT	$73,741,132.66
12.11.08	Jamaica Social Investment Fund	Hurricane Dean repair works, demolition removal and replacement to roof, gutter, ceilings, doors, electrical wiring, outlets and painting etc to Crescent Primary school St Catherine.	IBRD	HOWARD CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LTD.	ST	$12,900,000.00
12.11.08	Jamaica Social Investment Fund	Hurricane Dean repair works, reconstruct 3.55 km roadways with associated features, drains, kerbs and channel on Mount Vernon road in St Mary.	IBRD	T.K.B. CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LTD.	ST	$23,995,400.00
12.11.08	Jamaica Social Investment Fund	Hurricane Dean repair works, reconstruct 2.4 km roadways, drains, kerbs, culvert, channel and rubble wall on Commodore road in Portland.	IBRD	T.K.B. CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LTD.	ST	$23,017,000.00
12.11.08	Jamaica Social Investment Fund	Zinc fence removal and construct block wall replacement at Zone D package 12 Whitfield Town.	IBRD	ANOTHER STAR IS BORN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LIMITED	ST	$10,183,266.82
12.11.08	National Works Agency	Emergency Hurricane Gustav repair works to Persimmon Avenue Gully, gabion retaining wall and invert slab.	GOJ	LASCAR FENCING & CONSTRUCTION LIMITED	LT	$60,948,789.17
12.11.08	Housing Agency of Jamaica Ltd	Provision for first year Insurance coverage for HAJ assets at all locations island-wide. Contract duration 3 years.	HAJ	PROGRESSIVE INSURANCE BROKERS LIMITED	ST	$58,515,068.00
12.11.08	National Works Agency	Emergency Hurricane Gustav repair works to road way and random rubble wall at Grahams Close-Cherry Gardens	GOJ	CHIN'S CONSTRUCTION LTD.	SS	$16,200,043.20
12.11.08	National Works Agency	Emergency Hurricane Gustav repair works to road way and random rubble wall at Skyline Drive	GOJ	ALCAR CONSTRUCTION & HAULAGE CO. LTD.	SS	$24,080,646.46
12.11.08	National Works Agency	Emergency Hurricane Gustav repair works for road rehabilitation, drainage, retaining structures, asphaltic concrete etc at Nine Turns PC road in Clarendon.	GOJ	S. G. SIMPSON ASPHALTING CO. LTD.	SS	$25,598,014.45
12.11.08	National Works Agency	Emergency Hurricane Gustav repair works to reinforced concrete retaining wall and slab to Tivoli Gully- at Spanish Town Road and Marcus Garvey Drive.	CDB	JATLIN CONSTRUCTION & ASSOCIATES LTD	SS	$28,073,508.99
12.11.08	National Works Agency	Emergency Hurricane Gustav repair works, reinforced concrete wall and slab at Red Hills Boulevard	CDB	S .GREEN & ASSOCIATES COMPANY LIMITED	SS	$22,777,567.77
12.11.08	Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCO)	Provision for security courtesy corps services at Montego Bay, Negril, Ocho Rios, Kingston, Runaway Bay and Port Antonio.	TEF	MARKSMAN LIMITED	ST	$219,522,666.00
12.11.08	Regional Health Authorities	Supply , install and commissioning an Air Conditioning system to the operating theatre at the Savanna La Mar Public General Hospital.	NHF	AREL LTD.	ST	$10,351,708.32
12.11.08	Petrojam Limited	Extension of time charter agreement of vessel MT Royal for 12 months for $3.4M and the option for an additional 12 months for US $4.0M commencing September 21 2008.	PCJ	MT ROYAL	SS	US$7,800,000.00
12.11.08	Ministry of National Security	Follow-on contract to provide technical consultancy for development of ICT network strategy for MNS and MJ and their departments and agencies	GOJ	ANALYSYS MASON (UK)	SS	£89,000.00
12.11.08	National Works Agency	Emergency repairs to Milford Road box culverts include detour and traffic management in Ocho Rios. St Ann.	GOJ	A1 CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LIMITED	OT	$18,821,620.00
12.11.08	National Works Agency	Rehabilitation of Newport West roads in Kingston. Funding by Shipping Association of Jamaica $45m and GOJ $20m.	GOJ/SAJ	PAVEMENT & STRUCTURES LTD.	SS	$20,000,000.00
19.11.08	Petrojam Limited	Procurement of one (1) new 120 feet diesel man-lift for the refinery.	PCJ	IMCA JAMAICA LIMITED	ST	US$205,877.89
19.11.08	Housing Agency of Jamaica Ltd	Construction of infrastructure works, roads, sidewalk, water, sewer and storm-water disposal at Portmore Villas Phase2B	HAJ	BUILD RITE CONSTRUCTION CO.LTD.	ST	$109,123,748.00
19.11.08	National Housing Trust	Rehabilitation of sewage treatment ponds, install lining, bushing and grading at Monymusk Sugar Housing.	NHT	M & M JAMAICA LIMITED	SS	$22,506,746.40
19.11.08	Air Jamaica Ltd.	Sub-Leasing of Boeing B767 passenger aircraft from December 14 to 24 2008.	AJ	GLOBAL LOGISTICS_ NORTH AMERICAN AIRLINES	SS	US$448,000.00
19.11.08	Universal Access Fund	Island-wide Broadband Area network for Zone 2 Port Antonio, zone 3 Brown's Town and zone 4 Montego Bay.	UAF	FLOW COMMUNICATIONS	ST	US$2,920,400.00
19.11.08	Universal Access Fund	Island-wide Broadband Area network for Zone 1 Kingston, zone 5 Mandeville and zone 6 Old Harbour.	UAF	CABLE & WIRELESS JAMAICA LIMITED	ST	US$4,178,668.00
19.11.08	E-Learning Company	Technical assistance to implement standard end of year low cost grade 7 & 8 examinations.	UAF	CARIBBEAN EXAMINATION COUNCIL	SS	$29,000,000.00
19.11.08	National Water Commission	Installation & commissioning of Electro-Magnetic Mechanical Flow meters at Port Antonio	EIB	SOGEA SATOM	ST	$35,973,599.40
19.11.08	National Water Commission	Construct 2.4 km plus 2.7 km of 525mm sanitary sewer on alignment and trenches from North Gully respectively to Cornwall courts in Montego Bay.	NWC	TANKWELD LTD.	ST	$231,872,593.70
19.11.08	Ministry of Agriculture	Agricultural Support Services Project Procurement of food processing equipment for Huntley Farmers Association Manchester	IADB	TRIDEL CONSTRUCTION GROUP INC. LTD	ST	US$306,035.00
19.11.08	Port Authority of Jamaica	Procurement of three (3) GE main hoist motors as spares for Kingston Container Terminal.	PAJ	TM GE AUTOMATION SYSTEMS LLC	SS	US$451,911.00
19.11.08	Ministry of Tourism	Renovation of the Ministry's western regional office in Montego Bay.	GOJ	NUBIAN CONSTRUCTION (ENGINEERS) LIMITED	SS	$26,177,085.00
19.11.08	Ministry of Transport and Works	Procurement of 100,000 licence form and 70,000 stickers for the licensing period 2009-2010.	GOJ	DE LA RUE NORTH AMERICA INC	SS	US$69,124.00
19.11.08	Rural Water Supply Company	Installation of ductile Iron and PVC pipes at Quaminus to Lionel Town for the Southern Clarendon Water Supply.	GOJ	PAVEMENT & STRUCTURES LTD.	ST	$33,464,413.51
19.11.08	Port Authority of Jamaica	Follow -on contract to refurbish 35 Wet Brake disc assemblies at the Kingston Container Terminal.	PAJ	AMBA DOCKSIDE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED	SS	US$171,500.00
26.11.08	Companies Office of Jamaica	Variation (Addition): Procure and implementation of a VOIP PBX and relevant Hardware and software for the Grenada Way Office	GOJ	SYNCON TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED	ST	$522,794.58
26.11.08	Inland Revenue Department	Procure 85,000 private vehicle licence plates for $59M per annum and 15,000 of all other types of licence plate for $10m per annum.	GOJ	MUSSON JAMAICA LIMITED	SS	$69,000,000.00
26.11.08	Inland Revenue Department	Procurement of 600,000 pairs of registration certificates costing $20.3m per annum and 100,000 certificates of titles for $4m per annum.	GOJ	DE LA RUE INTERNATIONAL	SS	$24,300,000.00
26.11.08	Bank of Jamaica	Upgrade of Bank's Nortel Meridian option 61 C-PBX Equipment and Software.	BOJ	CABLE & WIRELESS JAMAICA LIMITED	SS	US$79,002.42
26.11.08	National Works Agency	Emergency Hurricane Gustav repairs for construction of 2 box culvert and river training works at Eleven Mile.	GOJ	PAVEMENT & STRUCTURES LTD.	SS	$62,150,160.00
26.11.08	National Works Agency	Construction of the reinforced double cell box culvert at Crooked River Bridge Clarendon.	GOJ	SOLID ENGINEERING LIMITED	ST	$19,635,925.00
26.11.08	National Works Agency	Gustav Emergency rehabilitation, drainage, earthworks and pavement at Plymouth Drive in St Andrew.	GOJ	GENERAL PAVING COMPANY LTD.	SS	$17,043,675.00
26.11.08	National Works Agency	Gustav Emergency rehabilitation, drainage, earthworks and pavement at Millsborough Crescent in St Andrew.	GOJ	GENERAL PAVING COMPANY LTD.	SS	$29,578,304.25
26.11.08	National Works Agency	Gustav Emergency construction of concrete wall and invert slab Donmair & Christopher Blvd. St Andrew.	CDB	CHIN'S CONSTRUCTION LTD.	SS	$20,199,044.93
26.11.08	National Works Agency	Gustav Emergency construction of concrete wall and invert slab Drewlands, Bushmouth, Spanish Town road bridge, and Molynes Road.	CDB	Y.P. SEATON & ASSOCIATES COMPANY LTD	LT	$202,706,902.47
26.11.08	National Works Agency	Gustav Emergency rehabilitation, drainage, retaining structure, earthworks and pavement at Chatteau road Clarendon.	GOJ	BUILD RITE CONSTRUCTION CO.LTD.	LT	$71,805,169.89
26.11.08	Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education (C.H.A.S.E.)	Construction of two classrooms with staff and students facilities, kitchen, sick bay and principal office at Mavis Allen Basic School.	CHASE	SHARE CON LTD	ST	$11,827,611.70
26.11.08	National Works Agency	Gustav Emergency construction of concrete wall and gabion retaining wall at Jacks Hill-Cashew Ridge.	GOJ	ALCAR CONSTRUCTION & HAULAGE CO. LTD.	LT	$58,157,871.80
26.11.08	Jamaica Social Investment Fund	Construct community centre with bathrooms, shops and multi purpose area at Flankers.	IBRD	SHARE CON LTD	ST	$42,899,610.00
26.11.08	Jamaica Social Investment Fund	Rehabilitation of 3.2 km of the Barnette to Retirement roads includes culverts, V drains and retaining wall in St Catherine.	IBRD	CHIN'S CONSTRUCTION LTD.	ST	$29,689,000.00
26.11.08	National Health Fund	Claims adjudication & transaction processing system to administer NHF Individual benefits.	NHF	ADVANCED INTEGRATED SYSTEMS LIMITED	ST	US$4,548,748.00
26.11.08	National Works Agency	Food damage restoration works with revetment and retaining structures at Roselle. St Thomas.	IADB	SHINE CONSTRUCTION & EQUIPMENT RENTAL	SS	$20,800,000.00
26.11.08	National Irrigation Commission Ltd.	Variation (Addition): Construction, development and pump testing of three (3) production wells at West Albion, Heartease and Norris in St Thomas.	IADB	JAMAICA WELLS & SERVICES LIMITED	OT	$912,165.67
26.11.08	Ministry of Health and Environment	To promote the use of condoms and safer sex message through Magnum King and Dancehall Competition.	GOJ	REAL JAM TV LTD	SS	$5,000,000.00
26.11.08	Jamaica Social Investment Fund	Variation (Addition): Electricity Regularization project at Bucknor in Clarendon.	IBRD	CARIBBEAN ELECTRICAL COMPANY LTD.	ST	$2,383,223.42
26.11.08	Ministry of Tourism	NSWMA & TPDCo Spruce -Up Jamaica agreement to bushing and cutting roadways and verge for 6 months in 5 resort parishes St James, St Ann, St Mary, Portland and Falmouth.	TEF	NATIONAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY	ST	$143,700,000.00
26.11.08	Ministry of National Security	Procurement of security related items	GOJ	Please contact AGENCY for further details	SS	US$461,500.00

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

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

Contact:	Dale Austin Communications Officer Office of the Contractor-General 1st Floor, PIOJ Building 16 Oxford Road Kingston 5	Phone:	929-6460; 968-8061 (pvt)
		E-mail:	communications@ocg.gov.jm
Date:	19.12.08