Mozambique: Contractor chosen to carry out coastal protection projects rejected by World Bank – AIM report

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Mozambique: Contractor chosen to carry out coastal protection projects rejected by World Bank – AIM report

8:42 CAT | 13 Nov 2024

Photo: O País

The mayor of the central Mozambican city of Beira, Albano Carige, has told reporters that the building contractor chosen by the government to carry out the city’s coastal protection projects was rejected by the World Bank and the German Development Bank (KfW) for not meeting the contractual requirements.

According to Carige, cited by the independent paper “O País”, the building contractor was rejected because it does not fulfill the basic requirements of the international tender.

“It was a company that has no experience in maritime work. It’s true that it has experience in the area of dune vegetation, but in what is the most consistent, most technical part, the part that has the most work, it didn’t”, he said.

The initial work is budgeted at 120 million US dollars. The World Bank and the German Development Bank (KfW) have secured 30 million dollars so far.

The ownership of the city’s coastal protection projects and the rehabilitation of its drainage system have been disputed between the Municipal Council and the Ministry of Public Works.

According to Carige, the rehabilitation work will no longer start this year and another tender will be launched next month.

“The lack of consensus between the financing agencies and the central government over the contractor selected was the determining factor in the cancellation of the tender. The tender for the work in question was international and one of the main requirements was that the contractor should have in-depth knowledge and experience of maritime work”, he said.

Rejection of the proposed contractor does mean that the project will not be carried out, “but the work certainly won’t start this year”, said Carige,

“Later this year, in December, next month, a call for tenders will be launched so that the work can take place in February next year”, he added.

Source: AIM