Albania opens river flood, erosion management tenders

A project with an estimated cost of 104 million leks involves excavation, filling, gabion installation, and concrete layering work to safeguard the villages of Starova and Remanica in Berat from erosion and flooding along the Osum River, the agriculture ministry said in a tender notice on Monday. The project must be completed within six months.

As many as 101 million leks are earmarked for flood and erosion protection from the Shkumbin river in the Fatish village near the town of Peqin. The project must be completed within four months.

Some 31.4 million leks is the projected cost of improvements to the irrigation channel Naun Panxhi near Elbasan, which must be completed within five months.

A contract for the rehabilitation of the Ura e Kucit irrigation channel in Berat is valued at 16.7 million leks. The contractor is required to complete the works within three months.

To ensure protection from erosion along the Osumi river in the Vodice village near the city of Polican, within a two month-timeframe, 6.8 million leks are allocated.

Offers for all tenders can be submitted until May 2.

(1 euro= 100.8 Albanian leks)