Water-well works across four regions estimated at $2.257b

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) has received bids for potable-water well works across four regions with a combined engineer’s estimate of approximately $2.257 billion.

The projects, divided into 15 lots in Regions Three, Four, Six and Ten, were among tenders opened by the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board on October 13.

The largest allocation by estimated value covers six lots in Region Four, where the proposed works total $895.41 million. The locations listed are Cummings Lodge Industrial Zone, Lusignan, Non Pareil Phase One, Success Phase Two, Diamond and Ogle Highway.

The Region Four exercise attracted 21 bidders. The engineer’s estimates for individual lots range from approximately $143.31 million to $153.12 million.

In Region Six, five lots covering Palmyra, Number 75 Village, Moleson Creek, Providence and Queenstown have a combined engineer’s estimate of $839.04 million. Thirteen bidders submitted proposals for that exercise.

Three further lots in Region Three cover Meten Meer-Zorg Phase Two, Wales Phases One and Two, and Stewartville. Their combined engineer’s estimate is $406.37 million, with 24 bidders listed in the opening record.

The fourth exercise is for a potable-water well at Amelia’s Ward Phase Four, Region Ten, estimated by the engineer at $116.49 million.

Fourteen bidders submitted prices for the Amelia’s Ward project, ranging from $42.09 million from Crown Road and Drainage Contractors to $143.15 million from Vertex Engineering Solution.

Parijan Construction submitted a price of $43.14 million, Mohamed’s Excavating Construction Inc. bid $75.57 million, and Bashier & Sons Construction Inc. submitted $78.57 million.

The opening records show similarly wide differences between some submitted prices for the other well projects.

The combined $2.257 billion figure represents the engineer’s estimates rather than awarded contract values. The documents do not identify successful contractors or provide construction schedules, well depths or projected water-production capacities.