Statement
to the LA on Cruise Berthing Project

By
Premier Hon. Alden McLaughlin, MBE, JP, MLA

5
June, 2019

Mr.
Speaker, the deadline for the submission of the bids for the Cruise
Berthing Project was 12 noon EST on Friday, 31 May, 2019. This
is a historic milestone to have been reached in the procurement
process of the Cruise Berthing Facility Project.  

 The
evaluation groups have now been assigned their tasks to review,
evaluate and score the bids received. This evaluation will be
comprehensive and will involve the Major Projects Office, Port
Authority of the Cayman Islands, the Ministry, and financial and
technical consultants. 

 The
next steps will include the preparation of an Evaluation Summary and
Tender Assessment Report, which will be submitted to the Public
Procurement Committee/Central Tenders Committee. 

 Once
that Committee has considered and provided their recommendation, a
presentation and paper will be sent to Cabinet.

It
has been a very long haul over many years, over three administrations
and millions of dollars spent on expert reports, advice and time to
get to this point, but it is good for the Cayman Islands that we are
here. At every point along the way we have advised the public
where we are. I and the Hon. Deputy Premier have repeatedly reminded
the public that Government needed to get to this final stage in the
process in order to have final designs in hand, and having reached
this point I look forward to publically unveiling the plans,
including costs, as soon as the successful bidder has been
identified.