Having already invited bidders for the construction of a 5,817 square feet, two-storey (reinforced concrete) building to serve as a Forensic Laboratory, the Government is now seeking additional bidders for the supervision of the construction.This is as a result of the Government having secured a loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to assist with the Ministry of Home Affairs’ Citizen Security Programme.The bidders for the supervision of the construction contract have up until January 4 and bids will have to be submitted to the National Procurement and Tender Administration BoardAccording to the Ministry they will be selecting the candidate based on a Quality and Cost-Based Selection method.The Ministry recently had announced that it was seeking bidders to construct the facility and deliver in 12 months. It indicated that bidding will be conducted through the International Competitive Bidding (ICB) procedures specified in the IDB Policies for the Procurement of Goods and Works financed by the IDB,Wholesale China Jerseys, and is open to all bidders from Eligible Source Countries as defined in the Bidding Documents.Among the qualification requirements to make a bidder eligible for consideration include: completed works of a similar nature, annual turnover of at least $60M, have a Project Manager and a Civil Engineer on their proposed staff and NIS as well as IRD Compliances (compliances only applicable to local bidders).Securing the bidding document for this project will incur a fee of $10,000.The deadline is January 4th, at which point the bids will be publicly opened, and all bids must be accompanied with a security of $9M.The IDB had allotted US$1M under the Citizen Security Programme for the construction of the Forensic Lab and a decision was taken to have the lab located in the University of Guyana compound.In September the sod was turned for the state-of-the-art Forensic Laboratory at the University of Guyana,Wholesale Adidas Hockey Jerseys, Turkeyen Campus.Minister of Home Affairs, Clement Rohee at that time had said that a working group between the Home Affairs Ministry and the University has been established to fine-tune the details pertaining to a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU),Cheap China Jerseys, which would stipulate the conditions under which the two agencies will cooperate with respect to the laboratory’s operations.Explaining the reason behind the selection of the location for the establishment of the facility,Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping, Rohee said that, “it would give a greater sense of reliability, confidentiality and credibility of the results that would emerge from the tests that would be conducted at the lab.”Over the years,Wholesale NFL Jerseys China, the Force has been at a disadvantage in carrying out effective investigations as it relates to criminal matters, resulting in unsolved cases.However,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, the completion of this laboratory is expected to significantly improve local forensic capabilities, thereby enhancing the security sector.