{"id":29382,"date":"2026-04-14T19:42:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T23:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=29382"},"modified":"2026-04-14T19:42:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T23:42:18","slug":"more-than-11000-small-contractors-seek-prequalification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/more-than-11000-small-contractors-seek-prequalification\/","title":{"rendered":"More than 11,000 small contractors seek prequalification"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><strong>-as gov\u2019t expand opportunities \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-by Celestine Chacon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than 11,000 small contractors have applied for prequalification to undertake government projects, signaling growing interest in public sector opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was revealed by President Dr. Irfaan Ali while speaking at a ceremony for the handover of garbage trucks to NDCs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Ali said the government is developing a \u201ccare economy\u201d that creates opportunities for every citizen to succeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He explained that, as these opportunities expand, small contractors are increasingly benefiting by applying for projects valued between $5 -$15 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;<strong>That didn\u2019t happen by accident that happen because of the openness of the system and because people know there\u2019s a chance in the system<\/strong>,&#8221;<\/em> he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasised that in the coming days and months, the government will roll out a comprehensive plan to identify and upgrade critical infrastructure in communities nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;<strong>Your playfield, drainage, burial ground, clinics, health centres, schools, admin building , public spaces recreational parks so that you will have a long term maintenance program so that these places can be kept in a good way<\/strong>,&#8221; <\/em>he added. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the same time the head of state stressed the importance of civic responsibility, urging citizens to adopt better practices, including proper waste disposal, as government continues to invest in infrastructure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>-as gov\u2019t expand opportunities \u00a0 -by Celestine Chacon More than 11,000 small contractors have applied for prequalification to undertake government projects, signaling growing interest in public sector opportunities. This was&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29383,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[361,365,471,366,540,350],"tags":[488,370,438,445,412,405],"class_list":["post-29382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-and-economy","category-human-development","category-infrastructural-development","category-local-development","category-local-government-and-regional-development","category-news","tag-488","tag-guyana","tag-ministry-of-local-government-and-regional-development","tag-ministry-of-public-works","tag-ncn-guyana","tag-ncn-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29382","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29382"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29384,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29382\/revisions\/29384"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}