Brief overview of the situation of

small contractors within the Guyana

environment:

Business, Economic, Socio-political

and Technical, from individual and
group perspectives
Objectives of the session

To foster an understanding of the relationship

between small business and small contracts.
To expand the appreciation of the range and
scope of small contracts
To allow participants to share experiences on
contract search and related experiences, and to
learn from each other,
To initiate participation and teamwork.
 Who is a small contractor?
People begin to think of
Construction contracts only
including carpenters, joiners,
masons, steel-benders, electricians,
plumbers, painters etc.
The Range of Small contracts

There is absolutely no limitation

to the range of trades,
professions and other
occupations for which can small
contracts can be offered
 Mainly Public Sector Contracting Opportunities
 Agriculture:Supply of Fresh Greens, fruits and
Vegetables; Supply of fresh and dried meat and fish;
Supply of processed fruits, fruit juices.
 Building
Construction: Building Construction, repairs,
renovation.
 Catering and food supply services: Catering for special
functions and regular occasions, canteen management
services.
 Commercial: Supply of stationery, printing materials,
office supplies.
Public Sector Contracting Opportunities
(cont’d)
Computers and Information Technology: Hardware and
software, equipment and supplies, networking, training,
website design and maintenance.
Environmental: Waste Disposal, Pest Control for
termites, bats, rodents and others.
Electrical: Building and Industrial wiring, general
servicing and rewiring of motors (e.g. GPL
 Public Sector Contracting
Opportunities (cont’d)
Health and Medical: Medical supplies, provision
of storage (bond facilities), distribution of medical
supplies and drugs, administration of specific
health programmes e.g. malaria and filarial
reduction and control within specific regions, etc.
Industrial: Welding, Fabrication, Air conditioning,
Electrical, Plumbing.
 Public Sector Contracting
Opportunities (cont’d)
Individual Contracts (or small group): Professional fields including
accounting and auditing, training, organizational development,
planning, project management, feasibility studies, building and
infrastructural designs, and architecture.
Infrastructural Works such as construction or repairs of bridges,
culverts and kokers, internal roads and streets, including filling
potholes, painting markings on roads, walkways, concrete drains
etc. Clearing and cleaning of dams, canals & drains, road shoulders,
landscaping.
 Public Sector Contracting Opportunities
(cont’d)
Hospitality services: General accommodation, recreation and
leisure.
Maintenance: Buildings, compounds, weeding and cleaning of
compounds.
Mechanical Services: Vehicle and equipment maintenance and
repairs –workshop services, provision of spares.
Rental of buildings and land space.
Transportation: Trucking for cargo and passenger transportation
services.
 Private Sector with emphasis on Exxon and
Primary Contractors
A brief assortment of examples:
ExxonMobil RFI for FPSO Tanks and Pressure Vessel
Cleaning and Welding Services (Closing Feb 23rd)
ExxonMobil RFI for FPSO Valve Repair and Pressure Safety
Valve Testing (Closing Feb 16th)
ExxonMobil Guyana and Primes: Anticipated Tender List
2021. A detailed list has been provided to firms registered
with CLBD.
Private Sector with emphasis on Exxon and Primary
Contractors
Trucking and passenger transportation service
(Recently advertised)
Food and catering supplies.
Meet and Greet Services.
Trash collection, Mechanical, electrical and Plumbing,
Compressed air systems
Private Sector with emphasis on Exxon and
Primary Contractors

Products use to crate, store, package,

palettes, handling products.
Temporary office buildings and offices.
Perimeter fencing and drain repairs.
Private Sector with emphasis on Exxon and
Primary Contractors

Private sector consultants in marketing

and online marketing, human resource
development, training, business and
systems analysis, risk analysis,
communication and improved
technology.
Extract from Desiderata: Words for life by Max Enhrmann
(1927)

Keep interested in your own career, however humble;

it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs;
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals;
and everywhere life is full of heroism.
 Open Discussion Question:

1) Carefully read the extract please take

three minutes to internalize its deeper
meanings and to relate this to your
contracting business
Question: In view of the foregoing discussion on
the range, scope and sources of small contracts,
given your specific experiences in searching for, or
securing contracts, do you think that your
enterprise should continue its current approach?
Do you feel that your enterprise can benefit from
diversifying a bit? Or are you now more resolved
to keep within your proven strength/s?
 What is a Small Business?

Small Business means any person or persons,

including a body corporate or unincorporated,
carrying on a business in Guyana for gain or
profit and satisfying the criteria listed (sic:
hereunder), but does not include any business
having as its principal object the furtherance
of a charitable or political purpose
The Small Business Act (cont’d)

The Act provides further criteria for a small

business, wherein summarily the business can be
in the form of a registered company, partnership,
cooperative or sole trader under the relevant
Acts, is owned and controlled by those persons
holding majority shareholding; is not a subsidiary,
and satisfies at least two of the three conditions:
 The Small Business Act (cont’d)

1) Employs not more that twenty-five

persons;
2) Gas gross annual revenues of not
more than sixty million dollars;
3) Has total business assets of not more
than twenty million dollars.
Group Task
At this juncture of our training, using our own experiences we
will examine, from our practical perspectives, the situation of
small contractors in the Guyana Environment, from the
Business, Economic, Socio-political and Technical, from
individual and group perspectives. (Taking care to avoid
pronouncements on individual party politics)
Task: In Groups, please discuss in group for ten minutes, and
present on the topic for three to five minutes when we
reconvene.