Rehabilitation of the Nsipe-Chingeni-Liwonde Road

The Malawi Government has received financing from the African Development Bank and European Union toward the cost of the MULTINATIONAL NACALA ROAD CORRIDOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECT PHASE-V, and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for the Nsipe-Chingeni-Liwonde Road Rehabilitation in Malawi. This contract will be jointly financed by African Development Fund and the European Union. Procurement process will be governed by the Procurement Framework of the African Development Bank unless otherwise stated.

The Roads Authority intends to prequalify contractors for Prequalification Reference No.: RA/DEV/MGH-BLK-NU/2022-23/04, Nsipe-Chingeni-Liwonde Road Rehabilitation in Malawi. The project is for the rehabilitation or re-construction of Nsipe-Chingeni-Liwonde (M001/M008) Road section. The project road is 55km long stretching from Nsipe Trading Centre in Ntcheu District to Liwonde Township in Machinga District through Balaka Boma. The road section from Nsipe Trading Centre to Chingeni Trading Centre is part of the M001 road while the section from Chingeni Trading Centre to Liwonde Town forms the M08 road. Nsipe-Chingeni-Liwonde is of vital importance to the Malawi Transport system as well as SADC block at is forms part of the Nacala Road Corridor designated as Route 20 on the SADC Regional Trunk Road Network (RTRN). The project is part of the route connecting Mozambique at Mandimba/Chiponde border with Zambia at Mchinji/Mwami Border. It is expected that the Request for Bids will be made in February 2023.

Prequalification will be conducted through the procedures as specified in the African Development Bank’s Procurement Framework (“2015 Procurement Framework”) and is open to all eligible Applicants as defined in the Procurement Framework.

Invitation for Prequalification