C’ River Opens Bid For Drilling Rigs Procurement

The Cross River State Ru
ral Water Supply and Sanitisation Agency (RUWATSSA) has held a meeting for opening of technical bid with prospective contractors for the procurement of drilling of rigs for the three senatorial districts of the State.
In his opening remarks, the State Commissioner for Water Resources, Hon. Gabe Odu, applauded the efforts of the Governor, Senator Professor Ben Ayade for ensuring that the rural dwellers don’t lack clean water. The Commissioner stated that the Ayade led administration in its bid to improve the Rural Communities in the State, has approved the purchase of drilling rigs and that the Governor, has always solicited for the rural areas to be provided with water. He assured the contractors who had applied for the various lots available, that the process would be fair and transparent to all.
In the same vein, the Director General RUWATSSA, Mr. Ita Ikpeme who also commended the Governor for approving such huge projects, welcomed everyone present. He reminded them that it was important to be focused on the task at hand. Mr. Ikpeme went further to make an appeal to the prospective contractors that whoever gots to handle any of the projects in the three senatorial districts must be able to supply quality and standard materials that can stand the test of time.
The Special Adviser to the Governor on Project Monitoring and Evaluation, Engineer Thomas Aruku in applauding the Governor’s magnanimity in providing the rigs to rural communities hoped that when the rigs were finally completed, they would be put to good use. Eng. Thomas finally requested that the contractors who would handle the jobs should make sure they supply according to due process specifications.
Mr. Akpi Wanade who represented the Director General of Due Process, advised the contractors that whoever got the job should give value to the money that would be handed to them, reminding them that water and sanitisation are the right of every citizen, therefore, he will ensure that the process is open and fair.
Also speaking, the Director, Water Supply, Elder Eyo Offiong, briefed the contractors on how the process would take place. He explained that the evaluation which would be in two stages would consist of the technical and financial stages.
The technical stage would have to do with the evaluation of companies’ documents to include: the companies’ profile, evidence of registration with the Corporate Affairs Commission, evidence of registration with the State, amongst others. Elder Offiong while explaining the financial stage stated that, only contractors that have successfully scaled the technical stage would proceed to the financial stage.
Companies applied for the various available slots include: C.M.O.S Nigeria Limited, G-TECH Equipment P.V.T Limited, Stepstin Ventures, Dutina Nigeria Ventures, Chafel Ventures, Atlas Copco, Jofos industries and Lydam Ventures.
In his closing remarks the Programme Manager for RUWATSSA, Mr. Patrick Echi Emori, retreated the roles of RUWATSSA and thanked the contractors for being present.

Friday  Nwagbara, Calabar