In the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development system, which is one of the financiers of the Vor\u00eb-Hani i Hotit railway project, it has been announced that the tender for the rehabilitation of this line is expected to open this week. The procurement type includes goods, works, and consultancy.<\/p>\n
Specifically, Albanian Railways, which is the contracting authority and the direct beneficiary of the funding, estimates that the procedure will open on 1 August.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe aforementioned client intends to use part of the revenues from a loan\/grant administered by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the Bank) for the cost of the above-mentioned project. The borrower has applied for co-financing from the following sources, with the estimated amounts: WBIF grants amounting to approximately \u20ac160 million, EBRD loans amounting to around \u20ac100 million, and EIB loans amounting to approximately \u20ac100 million. The Bank\u2019s funding will be used for the rehabilitation of the 120.2 km railway line between Vor\u00eb and Hani i Hotit on the border with Montenegro, the only railway link of Albania with neighbouring countries. The total estimated value of the project is \u20ac356 million,\u201d the announcement states.<\/p>\n
According to the notice, contracts will be subject to the Bank\u2019s procurement policies and rules and are open for participation by firms from any country, unless otherwise specified in the procurement documents. Procurement under this project will be carried out using the EBRD Client E-Procurement Portal (ECEPP).<\/p>\n
Project<\/strong><\/p>\n The project is part of the extension of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) in the Western Balkans, which will connect Albania with regional and European railway networks through the Pan-European Corridor X.<\/p>\n The Vor\u00eb-Hani i Hotit railway crosses seven municipalities and traverses the western lowlands of Albania, running from south to north. The railway connects the urban centres of Vor\u00eb, Mamurras, La\u00e7, Milot, Lezh\u00eb, Shkod\u00ebr, and Koplik.<\/p>\n It crosses the Albania\/Montenegro state border at Hani i Hotit (km 140). According to the administrative division, the railway crosses the territories of seven municipalities (Vor\u00eb, Kruj\u00eb, Kurbin, Lezh\u00eb, Vau Dej\u00ebs, Shkod\u00ebr, and Mal\u00ebsi e Madhe).<\/p>\n The existing Vor\u00eb-Hani i Hotit railway line was built in two phases: from Vor\u00eb to La\u00e7 in the early 1960s, and from La\u00e7 to the Albania-Montenegro border in 1985.<\/p>\n The earthquake of 29 November 2019 interrupted the operation of this line due to damage to the bridge over the Ish\u00ebm River, and even before that, the train speeds were very low.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development system, which is one of the financiers of the Vor\u00eb-Hani i Hotit railway project, it has been announced that the tender for the rehabilitation of this line is expected to open this week. The procurement type includes goods, works, and consultancy. Specifically, Albanian Railways, which is the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":63990,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[270,243,151,708,1427,464],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n