UncleScrooge
May 7th, 2010, 07:41 AM
US aid to tender $300 million Mozambique projects
A US aid programme will launch late this year four tenders worth over $300 million to rebuild roads and improve water and sanitation in Mozambique, local media reported on Tuesday.
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The tenders will be conducted in the last three months of the year for projects in the central Zambeze and northern Nampula and Cabo Delgado provinces, reported the independent O Pais newspaper.
The tenders are part of a five-year, 507-million-dollar (377-million-euro) project of the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA), a US foreign aid scheme that finances anti-poverty projects.
Four stretches of road covering a total of 500 kilometres (310 miles) will be upgraded along the country's major north-south highway. Over 600 public water fountains will also be constructed.
Mozambican Planning Minister Aiuba Cuereneia held a meeting Monday to announce the tenders to local firms, the paper said.
"This meeting is important for national contractors to prepare for the tenders that will be launched by MCA, since they still have some time to do so," he said.
"Local businesses have the possibility to prepare or establish partnerships with other foreign companies to participate in the public process," he added.
http://www.africagoodnews.com/infrastructure-finance/us-aid-to-tender-300-million-mozambique-projects.html
A US aid programme will launch late this year four tenders worth over $300 million to rebuild roads and improve water and sanitation in Mozambique, local media reported on Tuesday.
Road_blur
The tenders will be conducted in the last three months of the year for projects in the central Zambeze and northern Nampula and Cabo Delgado provinces, reported the independent O Pais newspaper.
The tenders are part of a five-year, 507-million-dollar (377-million-euro) project of the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA), a US foreign aid scheme that finances anti-poverty projects.
Four stretches of road covering a total of 500 kilometres (310 miles) will be upgraded along the country's major north-south highway. Over 600 public water fountains will also be constructed.
Mozambican Planning Minister Aiuba Cuereneia held a meeting Monday to announce the tenders to local firms, the paper said.
"This meeting is important for national contractors to prepare for the tenders that will be launched by MCA, since they still have some time to do so," he said.
"Local businesses have the possibility to prepare or establish partnerships with other foreign companies to participate in the public process," he added.
http://www.africagoodnews.com/infrastructure-finance/us-aid-to-tender-300-million-mozambique-projects.html