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 June 2010, 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)
02.06.10	Registrar General's Department	The provision of Courier Services for the delivery of packages of certificates on a door to door basis in the parishes of Manchester and Clarendon, Zone 9.	RGD	EAGLE COURIER SERVICE	ST	$12,511,280.00
02.06.10	Registrar General's Department	The provision of Courier Services for the delivery of packages of certificates on a door to door basis in the parishes of Trelawny, St. James and Hanover, Zone 11.	RGD	EAGLE COURIER SERVICE	ST	$12,086,600.00
02.06.10	National Housing Trust	The provision of Infrastructure Works for the development of a Parking Facility at the National Housing Trust's Montego Bay Branch Office.	NHT	MARSHALL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LIMITED	ST	$12,931,520.00
02.06.10	Ministry of Health and Environment	Direct Contracting for the procurement of Reagents and Consumables for CD4 FACS Calibur Machine for the period 2010 - 2011.	GOJ	BECTON DICKENSON AND COMPANY	DC	US$160,812.00
02.06.10	National Water Commission	The Construction, Testing and Commissioning of pipeline at the proposed Mansfield Water Supply Project, Ocho Rios, St. Ann.	NWC	CHAMPION EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES LIMITED	ST	$10,818,785.00
02.06.10	National Water Commission	Direct Contracting for the procurement of Liquid Chlorine.	NWC	JONES CHEMICAL INC	DC	$25,000,000.00
02.06.10	Housing Agency of Jamaica Ltd	Follow-On-Contract for the rehabilitation of Infrastructure Works (Phase 2) at Shaw Park Heights in the parish of St. Ann.	TEF	CONSTRUCTION SOLUTIONS LTD.	SS	$16,937,374.00
02.06.10	Jamaica Library Service	The implementation of Wide Area Network to connect Parish Libraries, Branch Libraries and Administrative Headquarters.	GOJ	FUJITSU CARIBBEAN (JAMAICA) LIMITED	ST	$21,214,960.72
02.06.10	National Works Agency	Variation (Addition): Northern Coastal Highway- improvement of 5 km of the Bogue main and other roads between Fairfield also at Reading intersection from 2 to 4 lanes St James.	OPEC	SURREY PAVING & AGGREGATE CO. LTD	**	$697,627,876.12
02.06.10	National Water Commission	The supply of Aluminum Sulphate.	NWC	INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL COMPANY LIMITED	ST	$44,181,504.00
02.06.10	Human Employment and Resource Training/HEART Trust	The expansion of the Food Preparation Training Laboratory at the Runaway Bay Heart Hotel and Training Institute.	HT/NTA	Y.P. SEATON & ASSOCIATES COMPANY LTD	ST	$89,470,476.70
02.06.10	National Housing Trust	The construction of six (6) three (3) bedroom townhouses and the associated Infrastructure Works at 2A Mark Way, Cherry Gardens in the parish of St. Andrew.	NHT	PRIME DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LIMITED	ST	$141,709,450.40
09.06.10	University Hospital of the West Indies	Direct Contracting for the procurement of Haemodialysis Machines.	GOJ	MEDICAL PRODUCTS LIMITED	DC	US$148,000.00
09.06.10	Southern Regional Health Authority	The renovation of Block J at the Mandeville Regional Hospital.	GOJ	BUILD RITE CONSTRUCTION CO.LTD.	ST	$135,226,375.90
09.06.10	Petrojam Limited	Extension of Security Management Services contract.	PCJ	SECURITY ADVISORY AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES	**	$14,457,758.47
09.06.10	National Water Commission	Direct Contracting for the procurement of Liquid Chlorine.	NWC	JONES CHEMICAL INC	DC	US$946,800.00
09.06.10	University of Technology, Jamaica	Extension of Health Insurance Coverage for the Academic and Administrative Staff of the University of Technology, Jamaica for the period February 01, 2010 - January 31, 2011.	UTECH	SAGICOR JAMAICA LTD	SS	$85,058,208.00
09.06.10	Caymanas Track Limited	The supply of Audio Video Transmission Services.	GOJ	ROBERTS COMMUNICATION NETWORK (RCN)	SS (First Right of Refusal exercised)	US$928,400.00
16.06.10	University of Technology, Jamaica	The proposed construction of the Human Resource Management (HRM) Building at the University of Technology, Jamaica, Papine Campus.	UTECH	C.P. SPECIALISTS LIMITED	ST	$15,997,135.00
16.06.10	National Housing Trust	Variation (Addition): Construction of boundary walls at the Twickenham Park Housing Development in St Catherine.	NHT	P .A. LAWSON ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION LIMITED	ST	$10,630,681.50
16.06.10	Ministry of Education	To procure and deliver commodities for the Cooked Lunch components of the School Feeding Programme.	GOJ	T. GEDDES GRANT DISTRIBUTORS LIMITED	ST	$39,000,000.00
16.06.10	Ministry of Education	To procure and deliver commodities for the Cooked Lunch components of the School Feeding Programme.	GOJ	INDUSTRIAL SALES/SEPROD	ST	$12,925,000.00
23.06.10	Norman Manley International Airport	Direct Contracting for the procurement of X-Ray Machines.	NMIA	SMITHS DETECTION LIMITED	DC	US$238,743.00
23.06.10	Jamaica Social Investment Fund	The rehabilitation of the Melrose Primary and Junior School in the parish of St. Andrew.	EU	LEWIN'S HARDWARE LIMITED	ST	$15,200,000.00
23.06.10	Jamaica Social Investment Fund	The construction of three (3) standard size classrooms at the Sydenham Basic School in the parish of St. Catherine.	IBRD	RICAM CONSTRUCTION LIMITED	ST	$16,518,656.75
23.06.10	Ministry of National Security	Variation (Addition): Construction of Police Station building at Alexandria in St Ann.	GOJ	SHARE CON LTD	ST	$7,220,115.00
30.06.10	Petrojam Limited	The provision of Bunkering Services at Petrojam Limited's locations.	PCJ	QUALITY PLUS CONTRACTING COMPANY LIMITED	ST	$25,177,817.60
30.06.10	Human Employment and Resource Training/HEART Trust	Sole Source Procurement for the placement of advertisement in the yellow, blue and white pages of the Kingston & St. Andrew Island Telephone Directories.	HT/NTA	CABLE & WIRELESS JAMAICA LIMITED T/ AS LIME	SS	$4,713,912.00
30.06.10	Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education (C.H.A.S.E.)	The proposed renovation works to the Barbary Hall Cultural and Community Centre.	CHASE	L.C. HOUSING EXTENSION LTD	ST	$11,800,000.00
30.06.10	Southern Regional Health Authority	The procurement of Cleaning and Portering Services for the May Pen Hospital.	GOJ	JAC-DEN ENTERPRISES	ST	$102,835,181.00

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

**The National Contracts Commission (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:	929-6460; Direct: 876-926-0034; Mobile: 876-564-1806
		e-mail:	communications@ocg.gov.jm
Date:	16.07.10