Jamalco rehires mining contractor
Published:Sunday | March 6, 2011 | 12:00 AM
Jamalco has renewed its mining contract with Trevor Dunkley & Company for three years. The terms have not been disclosed.
Trevor Dunkley has partnered with Alcoa-controlled Jamalco since 2005. The local contractor beat out 11 other bidders from Jamaica, Brazil, Suriname, and the United States to retain the contract.
"Four companies withdrew their bids after examining the scope of work, two were disqualified after the technical team assessed their operations, and three others were eliminated after the analysis of their technical proposals for performing the work," said Jamalco.
"Of the three remaining bidders, one was disqualified because its initial proposal was very uncompetitive and its mining mobile equipment did not meet Jamalco's requirements. A major factor in Trevor Dunkley's favour over the remaining bidder was its very competitive financial proposal."
Jamalco said that a key feature of the selection process was the use of a new anti-corruption procedure for selecting all Alcoa contractors who are considered to be intermediaries or agents of the company.
The selection included risk assessment of the company and its principals, and a requirement for periodic anti-corruption training during the life of the partnership.