By Newswire Editorial
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the awarding of four road development and rehabilitation contracts worth approximately Rs. 9.1 billion under the National Highway Widening and Improvement Programme and the programme to restore roads damaged by Cyclone Ditwah.
According to the government, the contracts cover the widening and improvement of several national highway sections and the rehabilitation of damaged road infrastructure.
Under the National Highway Widening and Improvement Programme, a contract worth Rs. 1,485.79 million has been awarded to RR Construction (Pvt) Ltd for the improvement of a section of the Colombo–Ratnapura–Wellawaya–Batticaloa Road (A004), extending from the 62+450 km mark to the 70+000 km mark.
RR Construction (Pvt) Ltd has also been awarded a contract worth Rs. 3,739.84 million for improvements to the Pelmadulla–Embilipitiya–Nonagama Road (A018), covering the section between the 15+000 km and 30+000 km marks.
Meanwhile, Maga Engineering (Pvt) Ltd has secured a contract worth Rs. 3,106.21 million for improvements to the Peradeniya–Badulla–Chenkalady Road (B365), covering the section from the 3+000 km to the 10+040 km mark.
Under the programme to rehabilitate roads damaged by Cyclone Ditwah, ELS Construction (Pvt) Ltd has been awarded a contract worth Rs. 763.98 million for the rehabilitation and improvement of road sections in the Nawalapitiya area.
The three national highway contracts have a combined value of approximately Rs. 8.33 billion, while the cyclone-related rehabilitation contract is valued at Rs. 763.98 million.
The total value of the four contracts amounts to approximately Rs. 9.10 billion, excluding VAT.
The government said the contracts were awarded following a National Competitive Procurement process, based on the recommendations of the relevant High-Level Procurement Committees.
The Cabinet approved the proposals submitted by the Minister of Transport, Highways and Urban Development to award the contracts to the lowest substantially responsive bidders. (Newswire)