Seychelles Judiciary |18 July 2023
CJ Govinden and Mr Omath after signing the documents
Handover of first phase of partitioning work in the Palais de Justice attic
A ceremony to handover the first phase of ongoing partitioning work in the Palais de Justice attic took place last Friday between the Seychelles Infrastructure Agency (SIA), contractors, and the Judiciary.
The handover in the Supreme Court auditorium consisted of the official signing of the documents of the partitioning work by the Chief Justice, Rony Govinden and a representative from SIA, Dereck Omath, in the presence of some Judiciary management staff, technicians, officers, surveyors, and the contractors.
Currently there are large unused spaces in the Palais de Justice attic, which offers opportunity to create office spaces for staff, meeting rooms, storage for documents, and to generally decongest crowded work spaces on the ground floor and first floor of the building.
Phase 1 of the partitioning work is the construction of a Court Interpreters’ Office and a conference room at a cost of R1,357,960.25 (one million three hundred and fifty seven thousand nine hundred and sixty rupees and twenty five cents).
The Judiciary’s director of Operations and Logistics, Paul Derjacques, is in charge of overseeing the project on behalf of the institution.
Following the tender procedure, the National Tender Board awarded the contract to Thunder Construction on October 5, 2022. The contract was signed on October, 26, 2022 for a 12-week duration.
For various reasons the project failed deadline multiple times – February 13, February 28, March 16, and April 13.
At the handing over ceremony, the Chief Justice thanked all partners for their work and expressed his appreciation for the ongoing collaboration with the SIA that has been working alongside the Judiciary in all maintenance, renovations, and infrastructural upgrades these past few years.
Other upcoming maintenance works at the Judiciary include the replacement of outdated fire alarm systems, ongoing bird proofing, replacement of fluorescent lights with LED ones, and repairing the non-operational lift.
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