The Government of Lithuania through its Ministry of National Defence (MoD) has launched a tender to develop three military sites and providing public services in Šiauliai city, and Šilalė and Vilnius regions under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) investment scheme.
The military unit in Šilalė district will be built on a 22,000 sq.m land area in Sav., Pajūrio mstl., Dariaus ir Girėno str. The military unit in Šiauliai will be developed on a 24,000 sq.m of land area in Šiauliai, Pakruojo street. The military unit in Vilnius will be built on a 25,000 sq.m land area.
The complex and long-term project of the Ministry of National Defence begins a completely new stage of development of Lithuanian Armed Forces infrastructure. It is a strategic MoD project which will result in a totally new military infrastructure for three battalion-sized units of the Lithuanian Armed Forces over the next several years.
Negotiations with potential investor(s) are planned to take place in 2019-2020, and the one or more partnership contracts are planned to be signed in late 2020
The invitation to tender will seek to attract not only the strongest Lithuanian enterprises but also real estate developers and investors from abroad.
The partnership contracts will be signed for the period of 15 years, until 2035; roughly two years and a half will be allowed for developing infrastructure, and the investors will have it under their supervision for the remaining roughly 12.5 years.
Private entities will be investing their own financial resources as part of the PPP projects into the infrastructure generated for the state for military functions and will take on the risks arising from construction works and operation of the new infrastructure. Duke Margiris Infantry Battalion of the Motorised Infantry Brigade Griffin will be based in the town of Šiauliai, Pajūris town of Šilalė district will host Brigadier General Motiejus Pečiulionis Artillery Battalion of MIB Griffin, and one of the present Mechanised Infantry Brigade Iron Wolf battalions will be based in Rokantiškės village in Vilnius district. All the three military facilities will have barracks, canteens, welfare, medical, equipment maintenance facilities, and other services a military infrastructure requires. The three bases will accommodate approximately 3 thousand soldiers.
The new military infrastructure is developed as a priority activity on the Government of the Republic of Lithuania Programme for the National Defence System aimed at developing the Lithuanian Armed Forces – increasing Lithuania’s combat capabilities, ensuring physical infrastructure for permanently deploying the increased combat capabilities of the Lithuanian Armed Forces.
The Ministry of Defence has presented the procurement documents of the projects for potential investors at two conferences-public consultations.
