The Roads Authority (RA) Chief Executive Officer, Conrad Lutombi, said the institution will not compromise on the technical standards of road infrastructure and will ensure a competent constructor works on the roads.
Lutombi made these remarks at a media conference in Swakopmund yesterday regarding the Pre-Qualification Process for the Rehabilitation of the Usakos-Karibib road, which will be funded by the German Government through the KfW Development Bank.
“This is a very important project, it carries more than 1 000 vehicles per day and we want to construct it with the standard that will live for many more years after we are no longer here,” he emphasised.
According to Lutombi, due to the high technical nature of the work required on this road, RA carried out pre-qualification proceedings in line with section 42 of the Public Procurement Act of 2015.
Furthermore, open international bidding was used in line with annexure two of the Public Procurement Act and as per the procurement requirement of KfW. The project will commence as soon as the bidding process is completed as funds are already available, he noted.
Source: The Namibian Press Agency