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Deadline Extension

Deadline: Sep 08, 2026

Financing: KfW Entwicklungsbank

Requested Services:

Planning, turnkey construction (Engineering, Procurement & Construction—EPC) and operation over a period of six months of two brackish water desalination plants (BWEA) using reverse osmosis with a total capacity of 4,000 m³/day, divided into the following two lots:
Lot 1: Planning, supply, construction and installation of a brackish water desalination plant (BWEA) using reverse osmosis in Blidet in Kebili Governorate with a capacity of 2,000 m³/day and its operation over a period...

Tender Award

Financing: KfW Entwicklungsbank

Brief Description of the Contract:

within the scope of sub-component 3 of the above-mentioned Infrastructure Modernisation Project (Canal Medjerda – Cap Bon), it is planned to double the penstock (length 1960 m and diameter 2000 mm) and renovate the canal at the German military cemetery Borj Cedria. These services consist of two lots:
1. Supply and loading of the DN 2000-cylinder concrete pipes and special fittings
2. Transport and pipe-laying works, including construction works at the cemetery...

PQ-Result

Financing: KfW Entwicklungsbank/ Sonstige Entwicklungsbanken, -fonds

Requested Services:

Construction of a new 400 kV double circuit overhead transmission line (OHL) between the substation (S/S) Bajina Bašta (Serbia), S/S Pljevlja (Montenegro) and S/S Višegrad (BiH), with a cumulative length of the new OHLs on the territory of Republic of Serbia (from S/S Bajina Bašta to national borders of Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina).
• Length approx. 84 km
• 231 steel lattice towers

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Tender Award

Financing: KfW Entwicklungsbank

Project:
The Integrated Solid Waste Management Programme aims at the improvement of the solid waste sector in the northern part of the Region of Vlora (Municipality of Vlora and Municipality of Selenica). The objective of the Programme is to contribute to sustainable solid waste management in the region and thereby to support the implementation of the Albanian Waste Strategy and the harmonisation of Albanian standards with environmental standards of the EU. By investments in solid waste infrastructure...

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