The Government of Albania intends to apply for financing in the amount of € 100 million Euro equivalent for the costs of the Secondary and Local Roads Project

The Government of Albania intends to apply for financing in the amount of € 100 million Euro equivalent from the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and European Investment Bank (EIB) toward the cost of the Secondary and Local Roads Project, and it intends to apply part of the proceeds to payments for goods, works, related services and consulting services to be procured under this project. This project will be jointly financed by the EBRD/EIB and Government of Albania. The Project Development Objective is to improve access to essential services and economic markets, via the provision of all weather roads, for the resident population in the hinterland of the project roads. The project proposes to achieve this objective through the (i) the improvement of priority sections of the secondary (regional) road network across Albania; (ii) the improvement of priority sections of the local road network across Albania; (iii) the introduction of the private sector in the maintenance of the secondary and local road network; and (iv) strengthening of the management of the secondary and local road network.

The project will include the following components:

Component 1 - The civil works associated with the improvement of 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 technical assistance to ADF and other technical and management services to be identified.

Contracts to be financed with the proceeds of the EBRD and EIB loans will be subject to EBRD's Procurement Policies and Rules (May 2009) 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.

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