Project name                      Secondary and Local Roads Project
Country                                 Albania
Business sector                Transport
Project ID                             _______
Funding source                  IDB
Type of contract                 Works and Consultancy Services
Type of notice                     GPN
Issue date                           28 January 2010
Closing date                       31 December 2014

GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE

The Government of Albania intends to apply for financing in the amount of US$ 40 million equivalent from the Islamic Development Bank toward the cost of the Secondary and Local Roads Project, and it intends to apply part of the proceeds to payments for works, related services and consulting services to be procured under this project. This project will be jointly financed by the IDB and Government of Albania.

The Project Development Objective is to improve the living conditions and alleviate poverty for the resident population in the hinterland of the reconstructed roads, by providing them with access to essential services and economic opportunities. The objectives will be achieved through the reconstruction of around 173 km of roads, which comprises the portion financed by IDB out of a multi-donor financed program for the overall improvement of about 1500 km of the secondary and local roads in Albania.

The project will include the following components:

Component 1 - The civil works associated with the improvement of 173 km priority sections of the regional and commune road network. The interventions under this component are expected to be either rehabilitation or reconstruction. Under reconstruction, the whole pavement will be rebuilt with new asphalt and the necessary sub-layers. For rehabilitation, the works will constitute the construction of a new base and the provision of a new asphalt surface, where necessary road safety infrastructure will be included as well.

Component 2 - Implementation and Institutional Support. The component will finance consultants to provide: (i) detailed design of the road works; (ii) auditing services; and other technical and management services to be identified.

Contracts to be financed with the proceeds of the IDB loans will be subject to IDB's Guidelines for Procurement of Goods and Works under IDB Financing, dated June 2005, and will be open to all eligible bidders as defined in the guidelines. Consulting services will be selected in accordance with the IDB's Guidelines for the Use of Consultants under IDB Financing, dated June 2005.

Tendering for the above contracts is expected to commence in the early 2010. Interested contractors and consultants should contact:

Albanian Development Fund
Attn: Ms. Valentina Kazanxhi, Legal and Procurement Unit
Rr. “Sami Frasheri”, Nr. 10,
Tirana, Albania.
Tel: +355 4 22 35 597/8
Fax: +355 4 22 34 885
E-mail: adf@albaniandf.org
Web site: www.albaniandf.org