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Does UGANDA have any school of construction and road construction and
design engineering if the answer is yes what do Uganda engineers do?
Yesterday we were celebrating NRM revolution.
Bwanika
FUE = Federation of Uganda Employers
SEnd protests
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The East African (Nairobi)
January 26, 2004
Nairobi
UGANDA IS expected to award two major road contracts involving a total
of Ush195 billion ($100 million) before the end of January, The
EastAfrican has learnt.
South African engineering firm Basil Read is set to be awarded a $50
million contract to rehabilitate the Jinja-Bugiri Road, the acting head
of the governmental Road Agency Formation Unit (RAFU), Francis
Byaruhanga, told The EastAfrican last week.
The firm will rehabilitate the road from Jinja, 80 km east of Kampala,
to Bugiri town on the highway to the Kenyan border. The heavy passenger
and cargo traffic on the highway has led to its dilapidation, slowing
buses and trailers plying the route to the Uganda-Kenya border.
Meanwhile, Salin Construttori of Italy is the winner of the tender to
construct the Kampala northern by-pass that is aimed at easing traffic
congestion in the city. The firm will be paid about $50 million, after
beating Reeder Dywidad of Germany, a consortium of Basil Read and
Bouygues Construction of France, another consortium of Strabag
International (Germany) and Reynolds Construction Company, and NCC
International Denmark AS. The contract will last 30 months.
Last June, the roads agency, under the direction of its British
expatriate manager Bernard Sperring, cancelled the tender for the Jinja-
Bugiri section. This was after it was discovered that the lowest
bidder, Reynolds/Sonitra JV (linked to Israel's SBI International and
said to be based in Nigeria), which was on the verge of clinching the
deal, had submitted a faulty bid. The agency did not say what the fault
was.
Basil Read emerged second in that bid, followed by NCC International of
Denmark. Uganda has since June been holding negotiations with the South
African firm, which will be paid the amount it quoted in its bid. Other
bidders for the contract included Green Acre (South Africa), Strabag
International and Sogea Satom, which gave its address as Kampala.
The European Union is funding the 72km project. Road works, which Basil
Read will undertake jointly with its main shareholder Bouygues
Construction, will start in May. Mr Byaruhanga said they had three
weeks ago sent the notification of award to the South African firm and
were likely to sign the deal this week.
RAFU officials said Basil Read was the lowest evaluated bidder, having
quoted Ush98.1 billion ($50.3 million). NCC International had a bid
price of Ush116.1 billion ($59.6 million).
Formed in 1988, RAFU is in charge of road management activities that
were traditionally handled by the Ministry of Works, Transport and
Communications. The ministry is now concentrating on its core mission
of policy making.
Salin Construttori was the lowest bidder for the Northern Bypass, with
a quote of $50.3 million.
Construction of the by-pass, a 21-kilometre stretch from the Kampala
suburb of Bweyogerere to Busega on Masaka Road, is expected to begin,
at the earliest, in May.
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