procurement notice

5757-GPN-35862

ALBANIA
PORT OF DURRES PROJECT

GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE (GPN)

This GPN updates the original GPN which was published in Procurement Opportunities on 12 July 2006.

The Port of Durres Authority has received a loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the Bank) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) and intends using part of the proceeds of the loan for the Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of Quays 7 & 8 at the Port of Durres. The proposed project, which has an overall total estimated cost of EUR 40 million, excluding taxes, will require the procurement of the following works:

• Rehabilitation / Reconstruction of Quays No. 7 & 8;

The contract will be awarded by open tender with pre-qualification. Tendering for the above contract is expected to begin in the second half of 2008.

It should be noted that the contract for the Passenger Ferry Terminal referred to in the original GPN, and which also forms a part of this project (and therefore the overall total estimated cost of the project), has now been awarded.

Contracts to be financed with the proceeds of a loan from the Bank will be subject to the Bank's Procurement Policies and Rules and will be open to firms from any country. The proceeds of the Bank's loan will not be used for the purpose of any payment to persons or entities, of for any import of goods, if such payment or import is prohibited by a decision of the United Nations Security Council taken under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations or under a law of official regulation of the Purchaser's country.

Interested suppliers, contractors and consultants should contact:

Mr Sokol Kapidani
PIU Director
Ministry of Public Works, Transport and Telecommunications
Bul. Deshmoret e Kombit
Tirana, Albania
Tel & Fax: (+355 4) 22 57 028