Lindsayca’s supply chain totally transparent, “no one can manipulate it” – Chairman

Chairman of Lindsayca Guyana Inc, Nelson Drake, has assured of full transparency in the operations of the United States-based company constructing the highly anticipated Gas-to-Energy (GtE) Project, noting that its supply chain is run by a globally recognised system that cannot be manipulated.
His comment comes on the heels of an article published on Sunday by Kaieteur News raising questions about a subcontract issued to a local company, Tropical Construction and Building Supplies, for works at the GtE project site at Wales, West Bank Demerara. The company was subcontracted to provide the equipment for pile driving activities.
According to the news article, there were “highly irregular and deeply troubling maneuver” in the award of the contract, citing connections between the subcontracted company and a close family member of Su Zhi Rong, aka “Su Zhirong”, the Chinese businessman, who had been featured in a now discredited VICE News article back in 2022.
However, Lindsayca’s Chairman rubbished the allegation, explaining that their supply chain management platform is run by data processing programme – SAP (Systems, Applications, and Products). This German-founded, multinational software company is famous for creating the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software that helps businesses manage finances, logistics, human resources, and supply chains in real-time.
“It’s totally transparent. And you can’t mess with it. It’s not a platform that you can manage manually. It’s totally automatized. It’s part of our ISO quality managing system,” Drake noted.
He pointed out that during the procurement process, the bids are evaluated based on four main criteria: price, speed, quality, and safety. They are then presented to a Board committee, which selects a winner based on those four measuring points – a process that is done for subcontract including the award of the contract to Tropical Construction and Building Supplies.
“We are a totally transparent company. Nobody, nobody in Guyana, not any vendor or any government official has offered us any kind of something that’s not totally transparent… The supply chain procedure is a standalone procedure. Nobody on the Board can manipulate it, nor can we just pick somebody because we’re friends with them. It’s based on pricing. It’s based on quality. It’s based on speed to market. And it’s based on safety records,” Drake emphasized.
According to the Lindsayca Chairman, Tropical Construction and Building Supplies was one of seven local companies that bid for the contract to provide the equipment and it was selected because they had the lowest cost.
“Out of seven bidders, they were the cheapest. But they’re not selling the piles, and they’re not supplying personnel. They’re just supplying the equipment to drive the piles… Everything else on the site is being self-performed by Lindsayca…,” Drake stated.
No role or oversight in procurement process
In fact, a senior official close to the project told this newspaper on Sunday that the Guyana Government has no role or oversight in Lindsayca’s procurement process and as such not involved in the selection of this particular company.

Malicious
Meanwhile, both the project official and the company Chairman both deemed the article malicious, suggesting that it could be a competitor going after Lindsayca and the GtE.
According to Drake, “I personally find the stories that are run, it’s a hit piece. Either our competitors are paying for it or somebody who just doesn’t like us is paying for it.”
Dubbed as the largest infrastructure investment in Guyana’s history, the Gas to Energy project comprises a 300-megawatt (MW) combined cycle power plant and a Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) facility. The 300-MW combined cycle gas turbine power plant is expected to come on stream by this yearend.
Once completed, this project will double the country’s installed electricity capacity, reduce electricity costs by 50 per cent for all Guyanese households and businesses, and cut carbon dioxide emissions by more than 460,000 tonnes annually.
In order to meet the latest deadline of year-end 2026, operations are continuing across multiple work fronts, with several key activities being carried out 24 hours a day, supported by a workforce of over 870 personnel and 240 units of equipment on site.
The workforce on the GtE project is expected to rise to 1,100 and peak between 1,400 and 1,600, with 12 hour shifts supported by on site accommodations.
To date, more than two million man-hours have been completed safely. This progress is backed by a global logistics operation, with over 170 shipments from more than 20 countries, ensuring the timely delivery and integration of critical equipment.