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CLOSURE THIS MONDAY, MAY 5, 2025 IN KINSHASA OF THE RECEIVING AND BID OPENING SESSION OF OFFERS FROM COMPANIES HAVING SUBMISSIONS AS PART OF THE TRADE FACILITATION AND INTEGRATION PROJECT IN THE GREAT LAKES REGION - PFCIGL

Closing this Monday in Kinshasa of the reception and opening session of bids from companies having tendered for the construction and modernization of infrastructure to facilitate cross-border trade in the province of South Kivu, including the modern market and the Kamanyola border post, the Kavimvira, Rubenga and Nyamoma border post, but also the port of Kalundu, as part of the Trade Facilitation Project and Integration in the GREAT LAKES Region
PFCIGL

Under the supervision of the Ministry of Foreign Trade, this fifth and final session took place in total transparency in the presence of business delegates and a few member ministries of the PFCIGL interministerial steering committee including Finance and Infrastructure and Public Works.

Very satisfied to have completed this stage which augurs the award of contracts to begin in mid-June or early July 2025 the construction and modernization work of these infrastructures to facilitate cross-border trade in this part of the country, the Coordinator of the Trade Facilitation and Integration Project in the GREAT LAKES-PFCIGL Region, Thierry Kayembe indicated that these files will be sent to the analysis and evaluation commission who has two weeks to work and return them to the procurement commission for validation before their transmission to the World Bank for technical advice and no objection to thus conclude contracts, he added