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The tender for the new commercial port in Porto Romano is appealed, the consortium does not agree with the assessment

Politiko 2025-04-16 08:30:27

The tender for the new commercial port in Porto Romano is appealed, the

The procedure for the new commercial port in Porto Romano, which qualified two bids in the evaluation phase, has recently been appealed to the Public Procurement Commission by one of the unqualified companies. It concerns the merger of the operators “Jan De Nul NV – Soletanche Bachy International – Vinci Construction Geoinfrastructure”.

In the KPP system, the signed document for the complaint was not available, but the specifications indicate that the objection relates to the assessment made by the contracting authority, in this case the Durres Port Authority.

The company in question seems to have failed to pass the next stage, where out of five companies, only two qualified, namely Van Oord Dredging and Marine Contractors bv (Netherlands) and Archirodon Construction (Overseas) Company Limited (Greek, based in the Netherlands). The companies will have to compete with their economic offers in another stage.

The government re-announced for the second time the procedure for the construction of the commercial port in December 2024, awaiting interest from potential operators. The limit fund for this procedure is 39.2 billion lek or about 390 million euros.

Port of Durres with budget funds

The need for a new commercial port came after an agreement to transform the current port into a marina and residential project with the company of Emirati investor Mohamed Alabbar. The Durrës Yacht Marina project has been underway for some time now, with preliminary auction sales for unfinished construction.

The relocation of the Port of Durres to another location led the government to decide on its development in Porto Romano. Among the two alternatives for the development of the new Port, the C2 model was chosen. This model envisages a port that is developed on the coast and not the C1 variant that envisages development at sea.

At the end of 2022, during the presentation of the project, it was highlighted that the project has a significant cost and will require the commitment of budgetary funds, Port Authority funds, grants, but also the private sector, thus leaving the possibility of PPP open. At least 46% of the financing will be provided by the government and 54% by the private sector.

In the presentation of the project by the representative of the Royal Haskoning DHV company at the time, it was emphasized that this investment is considerable and normally the government should bear a good part of its weight./ Monitor