Bids for seven contracts by the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), and valued more than $200M for critical supplies and services, were opened yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board, Ministry of Finance.The contracts included procurement of laboratory supplies, stationery, drinking water, pampers and dietary and cleaning supplies.Four businesses submitted bids for the supply of laboratory items. The bids opened were:BidderAmountWestern Scientific Company Limited??????????????????????????? US$129,676.83New GPC Inc????????????????????????? $129,467,257R.P. Medical? Imports????????????????????????????? $9,052,000International Pharmaceutical Agency??????????????????????????? $50,955,766A total of seven companies submitted bids to supply GPHC with cleaning supplies:BidderAmountGiftland Office Max??????????????????????????? $15,404,Wholesale Authentic Jerseys,800F.Z. General Store??????????????????????????? $28,626,000Ishmael Mohamed??????????????????????????? $24,135,000Orkan Construction??????????????????????????? $14,815,678New GPC Inc??????????????????????????? $15,456,537.47Mines Services Guyana Limited????????????????????????????? $4,419,120R.P. Medical Imports??????????????????????????? $19,869,500For the supply of adults and baby diapers, four businesses submitted proposals:BidderAmountIshmael Mohamed???????????????????????????? $4,875,000R.P. Medical Imports???????????????????????????? $6,640,000International? Pharmaceutical Agency????? ???????????????????????$5,144,000Orkan Construction???????????????????????????? $5,149,500Only one bid came in from the International Pharmaceutical Agency (IPA) for the supply of purified drinking water and this was to the tune of $3,410,400.For the supply of dietary supplies, two bids were submitted:BidderAmountL. Persaud General StoreDry Rations??? ???$53,121,160Fresh Rations? ??$41,Wholesale China Jerseys,907,222Guynaz Green GroceryDry Rations? ?????$42,Wholesale China Jerseys,293,620Fresh Rations? ??$31,330,990Regarding stationery, six bids were submitted with the highest bid almost double the value of the next one:BidderAmountIshmael Mohamed????????????????????????? $24,000,125Giftland Office Max????????????????????????? $11,138,420Metro Office Supplies????????????????????????? $10,895,926R.P. Medical Imports??????????????????????????? $6,553,560Andrew Enterprise????????????????????????? $11,781,020Robin Sorabdial and Company????????????????????????? $10,356,883For the supply of print and non-print materials, a total of four bids were submitted:BidderAmountPrint Rite??????????????????????????? $3,151,952Metro Office Supplies??????????????????????????? $1,975,Cheap Jerseys China,341R.P. Medical Imports??????????????????????????? $1,759,Cheap Jerseys Free,850Pertab Singh Makan??????????????????????????? $1,034,980