(Kaieteur News) – The Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development is moving to construct a new Buxton/ Friendship Market on the East Coast of Demerara and as such a total of 27 contractors have bid for the contract.

The project was recently opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board. No engineer’s estimate was listed for the project but according to the bids submitted, the contractors bid between $368 million and $614 million to build the structure.

According to NPTAB tender opening minutes, the bidders are Z&H Investment Inc who bid $514,666,384; John Ali Air Conditioning & Construction – $525,919,920; Truck Smart – $505,347,413; Empress General Service – $477,366,214; The Great One Investment – $491,013,847; P.D Contracting – $614,327,490; AYN Construction & General Services – $493,236,681; B.M Property Investments Inc.; Solace Construction Inc. – $521,879,921; Supergraphics – $575,645,831; Holistic Contracting & Procurement Inc. – $511,870,590; S&S Proserve – $510,859,997; JK Enterprise Inc – $515,000,000; Toolsie Persaud Quarries Inc – $492,333,030; and Westbrook Caribbean Inc. – $476,659,159.