Roadtown, Tortola - Government is inviting tenders for retrofit works on the interior railings and handrails of the Central Administration Complex.

Effective today tender documents are available for the proposed works which comprise the furnishing of all plant, labour, equipment and material and performing all operations in connection with installation of new railings components; new glass panels; application of powder coating paint on new and existing railing components and general clean up.

Tenderers will be required to submit certificates of good standing from the Director of the Social Security Board, the Commissioner of Inland Revenue and the Commercial Registry as well as a valid trade license.  The date of issue for the certificates should be no earlier than one month prior to the date of submission.

Additionally, they will be required to provide a tender security in the form of a letter of intent from a bank or insurance company for a sum equivalent of 10% of the contract sum.

 Tender documents are available upon request from the Chairman of the Public Tenders Committee in the Procurement Unit of the Ministry of Finance and will be distributed daily until Friday, May 22 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Tender documents must be accompanied by a non-refundable $75 fee paid by cash or bank cashier’s cheque payable to the Accountant General.  The deadline for the submission of tenders is Tuesday, May 26 no later than 10:00 a.m.

Tenders will be publicly opened on Tuesday, May 26 at the Ministry of Finance (Procurement Unit), RFG Place, Third Floor at 1:00 p.m.   For more information, interested persons can contact the Procurement Coordinator Mrs. Ishma Hodge-Rhymer at the Procurement Unit at 468-3701 ext. 4243 or 4244.