The Home Affairs Ministry on Wednesday awarded a contract of $614 million to Mohammed’s Enterprise for the construction of the new head office of the Guyana Fire Service.
Home Affairs Minister Robeson Benn hands over the contract to Nazier Mohamed of Mohammed’s Enterprise in the presence of other officials
The contract was signed between the Ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Mae Thomas and Nazier Mohamed of Mohammed’s Enterprise.
The building will be erected on a site on Homestretch Avenue, Georgetown. The contract was awarded to Mohammed’s Enterprise via public tender.
Construction will commence no later than December 1, 2021, and is expected to last for some 14 months.
Home Affairs Minister Robeson Benn, who witnessed the signing ceremony, said the relocation of the Guyana Fire and Ambulance Service will help increase the emergency response time, as it will be away from the heavily congested Stabroek Market area.
The new facility will allow the Fire Service headquarters more space, and greater capacity to hold the equipment and assets, he stated. Benn noted that Georgetown was physically expanding to the East and the South.
