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Consultant Services for identification, design of prioritized measures to address urgent safety concerns and prevent loss of heritage structures in the castle of Gjirokastra.
Shërbime konsulente për identifikimin, hartimin e masave me përparësi për të adresuar shqetësimet urgjente të sigurisë dhe parandalimin e humbjes së strukturave të trashëgimisë kulturore në kështjellën e Gjirokastrës.

District Gjirokaster
Loan No 8656- ALB
Source of Loan/Financed by: World Bank
Loan Amount by Currency 63.8 milionë Euro
Project Title Project for Integrated Urban and Tourism Development (PIUTD)
Description of the Project Budget: 63.8 million Euros
Financed by: World Bank
Timeline: 2017 – 2022. The project has become effective in April 2017 and shall take 5 years.
Geographic coverage:3 regions (Vlora, Berati, Gjirokastra); 4 municipalities (Saranda, Gjirokastra, Berati, Përmeti) and the tourist corridor going through this region.
Beneficiaries: 84 thousand inhabitants and about 300 thousand tourists.
Objective: Improve urban infrastructure, promote tourism, and strengthen institutional capacities to support tourism and develop the local economy in selected areas in the south of Albania.

Component 1. Urban design and improvement of infrastructure
Finances the drafting of projects for the implementation of urban projects and for improving the municipality infrastructure in four urban centers: Saranda, Gjirokastra, Berati, and Përmeti.
Investments in these selected municipalities shall include the rehabilitation of the following:
  • Public spaces (e.g. parks, squares, pedonale / pedestrian streets (pedestrian streets);
  • Road network, intermodal junctions and accompanying infrastructure (.e.g. sidewalks, crossroads, road lights, bicycle lanes, bus stations);
  • Restoration of selected buildings of heritage and facades of selected buildings;
  • Improve tourist areas (e.g. entry roads, visitor centers, parking places, tourist road signs).
  • Rehabilitation of the water supply shall be supported accordingly.
This component shall also finance the preparation of urban projects, feasibility studies, engineering projects, and the supervision of construction projects; the underground infrastructure shall be part of the improved road network, when necessary.

Component 2. Improvement of touristic sites
Finances investments intended at improving tourist sites to be selected along the touristic corridor in the South Albania. Investments shall include the restoration of objects of cultural heritage and asset, and the improvement of the support infrastructure. This component is also going to finance the preparation of the visibility studies, site management plans, engineering projects, and supervision of construction projects.

Component 3. Tourism and product development market
This component is going to finance capacity building activities for improving municipality management and tourism-based local economic development.
Tender object Consultant Services for identification, design of prioritized measures to address urgent safety concerns and prevent loss of heritage structures in the castle of Gjirokastra.
Shërbime konsulente për identifikimin, hartimin e masave me përparësi për të adresuar shqetësimet urgjente të sigurisë dhe parandalimin e humbjes së strukturave të trashëgimisë kulturore në kështjellën e Gjirokastrës.
Reference No. AL -ADF-123249-CS-CQ
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Estimated / Ceiling Value ALL without VAT
Type of Contract
Procurement Method
Stage Procedure Announced the Winner
Tender Announcement Date 06-08-2019
Opening Date for Submission of Bids 06-08-2019
Closing Date for Submission of Bids 27-08-2019
Sector
No. of Bidders 9
Bidders JV “Proskene Conservation & Cultural Heritage” & “Cultural Heritage without Borders”
Archispace l.t.d.
JV “Planarch” & “Project Planning & Management”
Fribul l.t.d.
Defa s.r.l. with consulents Giovanni Sirini, Federico Lazzaro, Massimiliano Fedeli, Gjon Radovani
JV “3TI Progetti” s.r.l. & “Cores4N” s.r.l.
JV “Mediterranea Engineering” s.r.l. & “SAB” s.r.l. & “Illyrian Consulting Engineers” sh.p.k.
JV “A.T. Advanced Technologies” s.r.l. & “Metropolis sh.p.k”
“Tumas“ Turkish Engineering, Consulting and Contracting Co.
Successful Bidder /Supplier / Provider
  • Proskene Conservation & Cultural Heritage -
  • Cultural Heritage without borders -
  • The winning bid ALL without vat 257,062 Euro (including all indirect taxes)
    Bidder Announcement date 15-01-2020
    Contract date
    Contract Value including VAT
    Contract Milestones Due Dates The assignment is expected to be completed within 12.5 months, from the date of signing the contract and the level of inputs required are 21 man/months.
    The firm will be contracted under a lump sum contract. The consultant is expected to start the service on September 2019 until October 2020.
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    Notes The scope of work of this assignment is to reduce the risk of rapid deterioration and damage to heritage structures at the site, and the objectives of this consultancy is:

    • To develop up-to-date conservation plans for the site, and to agree these plans with relevant stakeholders;
    • To perform the desktop studies, physical investigations and surveys required ahead of developing proposed interventions;

    To prepare preliminary concept designs for intervention and monitoring options for short, medium and long-term conservation at the site;

    • To prioritize the preliminary options proposed, taking into account the on impact to heritage value, risks mitigated, costs, and input from relevant stakeholders;
    • To provide detailed designs for the agreed high priority intervention measures and monitoring implementation;

    The consultant should be an International Firm. The selection method to be applied will be Consultant Qualification Selection (CQS), in accordance with the procedures set out the World Bank’s Guidelines Selection and Employment of Consultants under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits & Grants by World Bank Borrowers (January 2011, revised July 2014).
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