Uganda Roads Authority to issue RFP to pre-qualified bidders in June

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The Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) is set to issue RFP documents to four pre-qualified bidding teams in June 2019. The four pre-qualified bidding teams for the project are, led by China Communications Construction Company, China State Construction Engineering Corporation, Strabag, and Vinci Concessions, respectively.

The Kampala - Jinja Expressway project will be developed with an estimated value of about US$1.5 billion, the expressway project will connect the Ugandan capital Kampala with Jinja, an industrial town in the east of the country. The selected private partner will design, build and operate the road for 30 years.

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  • January 15, 2019

    Uganda Roads Authority rejects late bid for Kampala-Jinja expressway project

    The Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) has rejected a late bid from China Railway 17th Bureau Group for the 77km Kampala-Jinja expressway project. The US$1.1 billion infrastructure project wi...

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  • January 10, 2019

    Uganda to award Kampala-Jinja expressway project by year-end

    The Government of Uganda is expecting to conclude the selection of the preferred bidder for the Kampala - Jinja expressway project by the end of 2019. A senior member of the Uganda National Roads Aut...

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  • December 19, 2018

    Four bidders prequalified for US$1.5 billion road project in Uganda

    The Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) has announced that it has prequalified four bidding teams to proceed to the second phase of the tender for the Kampala - Jinja Expressway (KJE) road project.

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  • November 07, 2018

    AfDB approves financing for US$1.55 billion expressway PPP in Uganda

    The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a sovereign loan of US$229.5 million to the Republic of Uganda to finance phase one of the Kampala-Jinja Expressway project. Total project cost is...

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  • September 05, 2018

    Eight groups bid to prequalify for US$1 billion expressway PPP in Uganda

    The Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) has received eight pre-qualification applications for the Kampala-Jinja Expressway PPP project. This involves the construction of a 77km expressway...

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