{"id":27139,"date":"2025-03-31T22:10:15","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T22:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=27139"},"modified":"2025-03-31T22:10:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T22:10:16","slug":"contractor-enlisted-for-post-mash-cleanup-with-positive-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/contractor-enlisted-for-post-mash-cleanup-with-positive-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Contractor Enlisted for Post-Mash Cleanup with Positive Results"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Delicia Janneire<\/em><br><em>February 24, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year\u2019s post-Mashramani cleanup exercise took a different approach, as the Mayor and City Council (M&amp;CC) outsourced the work to a small contractor rather than handling it internally. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cleanup, which followed a day of festivities along the Mashramani parade route, was carried out by Rimshaw Contracting and General Supplies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Director of the Solid Waste Department, Walter Narine, shared details with NCN News, reporting that the contractor performed favorably in managing the cleanup. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Narine, the contractor began work from Middle and Main Streets, proceeding towards Church and Irving Streets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The operation continued early the following morning, ensuring a thorough cleanup of the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the fifth consecutive year, the Ministry of Public Works also supported the initiative by enlisting small contractors to assist in the effort. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Narine highlighted that funds collected from vending along the parade route were allocated to cover the cleanup costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Comparing this year\u2019s waste levels to the previous year, Narine noted an increase due to the larger scale of the 2025 celebrations, which extended until approximately 3:00 a.m. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite this, the contractor effectively managed the workload, ensuring timely removal of waste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regarding the contract award process, Narine revealed that expressions of interest ranged from $6 million to as low as $950,000. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lowest bid was selected, as officials determined that the cleanup operation should not exceed a cost of $1.2 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With successful execution and positive feedback, the outsourced approach to post-Mash cleanup demonstrates a viable model for future large-scale events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Delicia JanneireFebruary 24, 2025 This year\u2019s post-Mashramani cleanup exercise took a different approach, as the Mayor and City Council (M&amp;CC) outsourced the work to a small contractor rather than&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20361,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27139"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27140,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27139\/revisions\/27140"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}