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– State-of-the-art seed paddy facility to be constructedLast Friday, 19 contractors were awarded projects in the agriculture sector amounting to $398.5 million, including one to construct a state-of-the-art seed paddy facility in Berbice.Eighteen of the contracts fall under the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) while the other contract – for the seed paddy facility – falls under the Agriculture Sector Development Unit (ASDU)Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud said that the contracts under the NDIA include projects to resuscitate farmlands that were abandoned, and to also create access to new farmlands.In the presence of contractors and representatives of the communities in which the contracts will be executed, he said the government is placing maximum focus on transparency.Persaud said community members and other stakeholders in the projects were invited to the signing ceremony because the government wanted to encourage the widest public scrutiny in the execution of the projects.The seed paddy facility will be constructed at No. 56 Village, Corentye and would be able to hold 20,000 bags of paddy per year.The works will comprise civil works and the supply and installation of mechanical and electrical equipment. The civil works would include the construction of a road, bridge, drain, warehouse, laboratory and office.The equipment would include a weighbridge (truck scale),Park Joo-Ho Dortmund Jersey, cleaners, 20-tonne dryer,Steven Gerrard Liverpool Jersey, hoppers for seed storage and other functions, numerous bucket elevators, 300 KVa diesel generator with 2,000 gallon fuel tank, over 20 motors, pumps, dust cyclone, laboratory and grading equipment.The authority for this project, E&A Consultants, is staffed with civil, electrical and mechanical engineers, inspectors of works, as well as a processing expert, Minister Persaud stated.In Region Three, S. Khan General Contracting Services was awarded the project for the excavation of canals and the construction of a heavy-duty bridge at Chantilly, West Bank Demerara, valued at $23.3 million.Also in Region Three,Ryan McLaughlin Jersey, Mohan Persaud received the $28.7 million contract for the construction of a timber revetment in the Boerasirie Conservancy.In Region Four, Raaj Nauth was given the contract for the construction of a tail regulator at Bee Hive irrigation canal, valued at $4.8 million. The project when completed is expected to provide improved irrigation water supply and control to 400 acres of farmlands.Caribbean Engineering and Management Consultants have been given a contract worth $17.6 million to supervise the installation of two high capacity drainage pumps. According to the agriculture ministry,Kolo Toure Liverpool Jersey, the project will provide improved irrigation water supply and control for 5, 800 acres of farmlands.The rehabilitation of the Lonsdale sluice in Region Six would cost $78.9 million. The project,Mario Osuna Mexico Jersey, awarded to A and S General Contractors, when completed will restore structural stability to the Lonsdale sluice, which will permit a free flow of water through the channel.A revetment and scour protection project to protect the Alness drainage sluice on the Corentyne would be undertaken at a cost of $15.6 million through a contract granted to Annirude Ramcharitar.The supply of spare parts to maintain the NDIA’s fleet of 34 excavators has been awarded to various contractors.These are: Ashraf Ahmad, $3.9 million,Luiz Gustavo Jersey, for the supply of Kobelco hydraulic excavator hoses; JAPARTS, $5.4 million, for the supply of caterpillar hydraulic excavator hoses; Associated Industries,Calum Chambers Jersey, $21.5 million, for the supply of Kobelco excavator parts; Farm Supplies, $2.3 million, for the supply of Doosan hydraulic excavator hoses; Farm Supplies, $3.3 million, for the supply of Doosan hydraulic excavator spare parts; National Hardware Investments, $6.9 million, for the supply of HYDE tubes.Other contracts were awarded for the operation, servicing and monitoring of NDIA hydraulic excavators in the various conservancies and regions.These are: Changur Bhudu, $26, 000 per day per excavator, in the Boerasirie Conservancy; Changur Budhu, $26, 000 per day per excavator in the East Demerara Conservancy; Mohamed Salim Ali, $30, 000 per day per excavator, for excavators and pontoons to dredge outfalls within Regions 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6; Mohamed Salim Ali, $24,000 per day per excavator, for excavators in Regions 4 &5.The Guyana Oil Company has been awarded a $149.9 million contract for the supplies of fuel and lubricants for the operation of 34 excavators, two bulldozers and nine vehicles.